Where does “crescendo” come from?
crescendo (Italian) comes from Italian crescere, from Latin crēscō, from Proto-Italic krēskō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
crescendo (Italian): growing, increasing; crescendo
Definitions
- growing, increasing; crescendo
Ancestry of “crescendo”, step by step
crescendo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian crescere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | crescere | to grow, increase, expand, cop on; to grow... |
| 2 | Latin | crēscō | to rise, grow, grow up; prosper, thrive; increase, multiply, augment |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | krēskō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via Latin crēscendum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | crēscendum | — |