Where does “subcrescentic” come from?
subcrescentic (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.
subcrescentic (English): Imperfectly or partially crescentic; approaching...
Definitions
- Imperfectly or partially crescentic; approaching...
Ancestry of “subcrescentic”, step by step
subcrescentic 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 |
via English sub
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sub | A submarine; A submarine sandwich: a sandwich... |
| 2 | English | substitute | To use in place of something else, with the same... |
| 3 | Middle English | substituten | — |
| 4 | Latin | substitutus | substituted |
| 5 | Latin | substituo | I place next to, under, or instead of; I... |
| 6 | Latin | statuo | I set up, station; I establish, determine, fix; I... |
| 7 | Latin | stātus | fixed, set, having been set |
| 8 | Latin | stō | to stand |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | staēō | stand |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sth₂éh₁yeti | to stand |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |