Where does “increasableness” come from?
increasableness (English) comes from English increasable, from English increase, from Middle English encresen, from Anglo-Norman encreistre, from Latin increscere, from Latin incresco, from Latin cresco, from Proto-Italic krēskō — army.
increasableness (English): The quality of being increasable
Definitions
- The quality of being increasable
Ancestry of “increasableness”, step by step
increasableness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English increasable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | increasable | Able to be increased |
| 2 | English | increase | To become larger or greater; To make larger; To... |
| 3 | Middle English | encresen | To grow or increase in size, power, or magnitude |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | encreistre | Alternative form of encroistre |
| 5 | Latin | increscere | present active infinitive of incrēscō; increase |
| 6 | Latin | incresco | I grow in or upon; I swell, or am swollen |
| 7 | Latin | cresco | I increase, rise, grow, thrive; multiply,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | krēskō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |