Where does “increment” come from?
increment (Catalan) comes from Latin incrementum, from Latin incrēscō, from Latin crēscō, from Proto-Italic krēskō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
increment (Catalan): increment, increase
Ancestry of “increment”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | incrementum | growth, development, increase, augmentation;... |
| 2 | Latin | incrēscō | — |
| 3 | Latin | crēscō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | krēskō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |