English
rodentproof
From rodent + -proof.
Formed from rodent + -proof
Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₃d- ‘to gnaw, scrape, scratch’
Latin rōdō ‘to gnaw’
Latin rōdēns ‘gnawer’
English rodent
Today it means
adj Resistant to rodents.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “rodentproof”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / rodentproof