LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

corrōsiō

corrōsiō f (genitive corrōsiōnis)

Meaning

  1. gnawing
  2. corrosion
  3. caustic burns

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecorrōsiōcorrōsiōnēs
genitivecorrōsiōniscorrōsiōnum
dativecorrōsiōnīcorrōsiōnibus
accusativecorrōsiōnemcorrōsiōnēs
ablativecorrōsiōnecorrōsiōnibus
vocativecorrōsiōcorrōsiōnēs

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin corrōsiō From corrōdō (“to gnaw”) + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalancorrosió
  • Englishcorrosion
  • Frenchcorrosion
  • Italiancorrosione
  • Portuguesecorrosão
  • Romaniancoroziune
  • Spanishcorrosión
  • Russianкорро́зия

In English words that came into English from corrōsiō

  • corrosioncorrōsiōnem

Quick answers

What does corrōsiō mean in Latin?
corrōsiō, a noun, means “gnawing; corrosion; caustic burns”.
What is the genitive of corrōsiō?
The genitive singular is corrōsiōnis. corrōsiō is feminine, third declension.