Where does “accrual” come from?
Accrual derives from English accrue, from Old French accreistre meaning to increase, from Latin accresco, composed of the prefix ad- and the root of Latin ad.
accrual (English): An increase; something that accumulates,...
Definitions
- An increase; something that accumulates,...
Ancestry of “accrual”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | accrue | To increase, to rise; to reach or come to by way... |
| 2 | Middle English | acrewen | To come into one's possession; to accrue |
| 3 | Old French | acreue | — |
| 4 | Old French | accreistre | To increase |
| 5 | Latin | accrēscō | to grow, increase |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |