Where does “accrueth” come from?
accrueth (English) comes from English accrue, from Middle English acrewen, from Old French acreue, from Old French accreistre, from Latin accrēscō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
accrueth (English): third-person singular simple present indicative...
Definitions
- third-person singular simple present indicative...
Ancestry of “accrueth”, step by step
accrueth traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English accrue
| 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 |
via English eth
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | eth | A letter introduced into Old English to... |