English
accrescent
Accrescent comes from Latin accrescens ‘growing, increasing’, from crēscō ‘to grow’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱer-‘to grow, become bigger’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱreh₁-sḱétireconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcrēscōas crescere‘to grow’next step skipped: Latin accrēscō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccrescens‘growing, increasing’
- Englishearliest quotation 1728accrescent
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱer-‘to grow, become bigger’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱreh₁-sḱétireconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcrēscōas crescere‘to grow’next step skipped: Latin accrēscō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccrescens‘growing, increasing’
- Englishearliest quotation 1728accrescent
Earliest quotation: 1728, Samuel Shuckford: “whose living growth is more and more conspicuous ,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- ‘to grow, become bigger’
create, creative, creator, creature, cereal, creole, procreation, kore, creat, 26 more
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁-sḱéti
through Latin crēscō ‘to grow’
increase, increasing, decrease, cru, croissant, increment, excrement, accretion, 10 more
Today it means
adj Growing; increasing.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- / accrescent