Our instincts would be to initially look at 'corrosion' as a quite complex and therefore comparatively modern word. Yet this is not the case, for the word 'corrosion' is a compound of two other words and these are ancient. It is derived from two earlier and simpler words. Taking each element individually, the first is a common prefix and is from the classical Latin cum indicating'together', as in 'combination'. This comes from Proto-Indo-European kom 'beside, near, by, with'.
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