Lacerative
/ˈlæs.ə.rə.tɪv/noun
Causing or tending to cause laceration; tearing or gashing.
Did you know?Its core comes from Latin *lacerare*, which meant not just “to tear” but to rend violently, giving English a word that still feels physically sharp.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*lak-
“to tear, rend”
Latin
Latin
lacer
“torn, mangled”
Latin
Latin
lacerāre
“to tear to pieces, mangle”
Late Latin
Latin
lacerātīvus
“tending to tear or rend”
Middle English
English
laceratif
“having the quality of tearing”
Modern English
English
lacerative
“causing or tending to cause laceration”
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