erosion
The origin and history of erosion.
Etymology
From Latin ērōsiō, "eating away," from ērōdere ("to erode"). First used in English in the 1500s to describe ulcers wearing away tissue, before spreading to geology by the 1700s.
Class of 1500
erosion first entered the language around 1500. Other words from the same year:
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