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Where does “Crescenzo” come from?

Crescenzo (Italian) comes from Latin Crescentius, from Latin crēscēns, from Latin crēscō, from Proto-Italic krēskō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.

Ancestry of “Crescenzo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinCrescentius—
2Latincrēscēns—
3Latincrēscō—
4Proto-Italickrēskō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
7Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army
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