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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

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative...

Ancestry of “accrueth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishaccrueTo increase, to rise; to reach or come to by way...
2Middle Englishacrewen—
3Old Frenchacreue—
4Old FrenchaccreistreTo increase
5Latinaccrēscō—
6Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
7Latinīn-—
8Latinîn—
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →