An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/ätzen

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, A (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
ätzen
Friedrich Kluge2505526An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, A — ätzen1891John Francis Davis

ätzen, vb., ‘to corrode, etch, bait,’ from MidHG. etzen, OHG. ezzen, ‘to give to eat,’ lit. ‘to make eat’; factitive of essen.