Where does “unincreasable” come from?
unincreasable (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.
unincreasable (English): Not increasable
Definitions
- Not increasable
Ancestry of “unincreasable”, step by step
unincreasable 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 un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |