Etymograph

English

increasing

From increase + -ing (participial suffix).

Formed from increase + ing

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

Old English ing ‘meadow, water meadow, ing’

Middle English ing

English ing

Another origin of increasing

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱer-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱreh₁-sḱétireconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcrēscō‘grow’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEincrescoas incrēscō‘to grow in or upon’
  5. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400encreistre
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500encresen‘to grow or increase in size, power, or magnitude’
  7. Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500encresyngeas encresing
  8. Englishtodayincreasing

Today it means

adj On the increase.

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