Where does “accretive” come from?
accretive (English) comes from English accrete, from English accretion, from Latin accrētiō, from Latin accrēscō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
accretive (English): Relating to accretion; increasing, or adding to,...
Definitions
- Relating to accretion; increasing, or adding to,...
Ancestry of “accretive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | accrete | To grow together, combine; to fuse; To adhere; to... |
| 2 | English | accretion | The act of increasing by natural growth;... |
| 3 | Latin | accrētiō | increment |
| 4 | Latin | accrēscō | to grow, increase |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |