Where does “crescively” come from?
crescively (English) comes from English crescive, from Latin crēscere, from Proto-Italic krēskō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
crescively (English): In a crescive manner
Ancestry of “crescively”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | crescive | Increasing or growing; marked by gradual... |
| 2 | Latin | crēscere | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | krēskō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |