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How to spell erosion

Erosion is spelled E-R-O-S-I-O-N.

What it means: The process of wearing something down.

In a sentence: The rain caused erosion on the sandy beach. ▶

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Same family: eroding, eroded, erosive, erosional, erosion-control. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Erosion” comes from Latin *erosionem*, meaning “a gnawing away,” from *rodere*, “to gnaw.” Geologists still use the word today to describe how water, wind, and ice slowly “gnaw away” at rock and soil over time.

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