ERASE

Etymology

From Latin erasus,

ērāsus (feminine ērāsa, neuter ērāsum); first/second-declension participle

1. scratched out, scraped off, erased
2. abolished, eradicated, caused to be forgotten

past participle of eradere (“to scrape, to abrade”),

from ex- (“out of”) + radere (“to scrape”).

Compare Middle English arasen, aracen (“to eradicate, erase”). Displaced native Old English dilegian.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ērādere. First attested in 1970.

Verb

eràdere (first-person singular present eràdo, first-person singular past historic eràsi, past participle eràso, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

1. (palaeography) to efface (a codex) (to scrape off existing writing)
2. (surgery) to abrade (skin)