Rasure
/ˈreɪʒər/noun
The act or result of erasing, scraping away, or removing writing or marks.
Did you know?In historical manuscripts, a rasure could expose an older text beneath a newer one, creating the layered writing seen in palimpsests.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₂reh₁-
“To scrape or scratch; a reconstructed ancestral root”
Classical Latin
Latin
rādere
“To scrape, shave, or remove by friction”
Classical Latin
Latin
rāsūra
“A scraping, shaving, or erasure”
12th–14th Century
Old French
rasure
“A scraping or deletion from writing”
15th Century
Middle English
rasure
“The act of erasing or scraping away”
Modern English
English
rasure
“An erasure or removed passage; now rare or archaic”