Where does “excrescence” come from?
Excrescence comes from Latin excrescentia, derived from excrescere meaning to grow out, from ex- out and cresco to grow, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-.
excrescence (English): Something, usually abnormal, which grows out of...
Definitions
- Something, usually abnormal, which grows out of...
Ancestry of “excrescence”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | excrescentia | abnormal growths |
| 2 | Latin | excrēscere | — |
| 3 | Latin | crēscere | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | krēskō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |