English
excrescent
Excrescent comes from Latin excrēscō ‘to grow out, grow up’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱer-reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱreh₁-sḱétireconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcrēscō‘to grow’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexcrēscōas excrēscēns‘to grow out, grow up’
- Englishearliest quotation 1733excrescent
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱer-reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱreh₁-sḱétireconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcrēscō‘to grow’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexcrēscōas excrēscēns‘to grow out, grow up’
- Englishearliest quotation 1733excrescent
Earliest quotation: 1733, Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man. […]: “Expunge the whole, or lop th' excrescent parts.”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-
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, accretion, croissant, increment, 10 more
through Latin excrēscō ‘to grow out, grow up’
Today it means
noun A growing mutation, usually abnormal.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- / excrescent