erodo Latin · revision 8412

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Columella|origins=la rōdō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [eːˈroː.doː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [eˈrɔː.do]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ērōdō''' (present infinitive ērōdere, perfect active ērōsī, supine ērōsum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[ex-]] and [[rōdō]] “to gnaw”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Columella, of animals gnawing.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Columella to the 1st century AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant, of animals, to gnaw or eat away, as in Columella, and in Seneca of natural forces to destroy gradually, erode, and in medicine of corrosive remedies.^(OLD 2012)

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+ It was borrowed into French ''éroder'', and [[en|erode]] is recorded from the 1610s, “to gnaw or eat away”, perhaps a back-formation from ''erosion''.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1st century AD – Columella uses it of gnawing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of erosion.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1610s – English ''erode'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To gnaw away.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To eat away, [[m|en|erode]]; to corrode.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ērōsiō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[rōdō]]

+ * [[en|erode]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}