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Where does “recroître” come from?

recroître (French) comes from Old French recrestre, from Old French re-, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por- — passed , crossed.

recroître (French): to reincrease; to reaugment

Definitions

  1. to reincrease; to reaugment

Ancestry of “recroître”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchrecrestreto reincrease; to reaugment
2Old Frenchre-re-
3Latinrĕ-—
4Latinprōdūcō—
5Latinprō-—
6Proto-Italic*pro-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
9Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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