Where does “noncrescentic” come from?
noncrescentic (English) comes from English crescentic, from English crescent, from Middle English cressaunt, from Anglo-Norman cressaunt, from Old French creissant, from Latin crēscēns, from Latin crēscō, from Proto-Italic krēskō — army.
noncrescentic (English): Not crescentic
Definitions
- Not crescentic
Ancestry of “noncrescentic”, step by step
noncrescentic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English crescentic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | crescentic | Growing, increasing, gaining size, etc;... |
| 2 | English | crescent | The figure of the moon as it appears in its first... |
| 3 | Middle English | cressaunt | crescent shape or heraldic charge |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | cressaunt | — |
| 5 | Old French | creissant | present participle of creistre; crescent |
| 6 | Latin | crēscēns | coming to be |
| 7 | Latin | crēscō | to rise, grow, grow up; prosper, thrive; increase, multiply, augment |
| 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 |