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corrode (v.)
c. 1400, from Old French
corroder
(14c.) or directly from Latin
corrodere
"to gnaw to bits, wear away," from
com-
, intensive prefix (see
com-
), +
rodere
"to gnaw" (see
rodent
). Related:
Corroded
;
corroding
.
