English
increasement
Increasement comes from Middle English encresement.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500encresement
- Englishearliest quotation 1662increasement
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500encresement
- Englishearliest quotation 1662increasement
Earliest quotation: 1662, Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems: “... diminishing the velocity with decreasements like to the…”
Formed from increase + -ment
Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- ‘to grow’
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Latin crescō ‘to grow’
Latin increscō ‘to increase’
Anglo-Norman encreistre
Middle English encresen ‘to grow or increase’
English increase
Every English word from Middle English encresement
Today it means
noun An increase; growth.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English encresement / increasement