Latin

crēscō

‘to rise, grow, grow up’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin crēscō.

19 English words in this record descend from Latin crēscō, most familiar first.

• increase ← encresen ← encreistre ← increscere
• increasing ← encresynge ← encresen ← encreistre ← incresco
• decrease ← decresen ← descreistre ← dēcrēscō
• crescent ← cressaunt ← cressaunt ← creissant ← crēscentem
• increment ← encrement ← incrēmentum ← incrēscō
• excrement ← excrēmentum ← excrēscō
• accretion ← accrētiō ← accresco
• croissant ← croître ← croisant ← creissant ← crēscentem
• cru ← croître ← croistre ← croistre
• concretion ← concretio ← concrēscō
• accresce ← accrēscō
• accrescent ← accrescens

More words from crēscō

• accrease
• concrescible
• crescive
• crescograph
• croissanterie
• excrescent
• succrescence
• crew
• concrete

Etymograph / Latin crēscō