Where does “accrescent” come from?

accrescent (English) comes from Latin accrescens, from Latin accrēscō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

accrescent (English): Growing; increasing; Which keeps growing past the...

Definitions

  1. Growing; increasing; Which keeps growing past the...

Ancestry of “accrescent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinaccrescensgrowing, increasing
2Latinaccrēscōto grow, increase
3Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
4Latinīn-un-, non-, not
5Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Latin ad- →