Origin: Latin suffix -ive
Corrosive has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:
a substance having the tendency to cause corrosion (such a strong acids or alkali)
"The worker carefully wore gloves and goggles because he was handling highly corrosive hydrochloric acid."
That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually.
"The acid was so corrosive that it ate a hole through the metal tray in just minutes."
Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, hanging, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as the corrosive action of an acid.
"The spilled battery acid left a terrible, burning trail down his arm where it began to eat through his skin."