Where does “ricrescere” come from?
ricrescere (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.
ricrescere (Italian): to grow again; to swell
Ancestry of “ricrescere”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | crescere | to grow, increase, expand, cop on; to grow... |
| 2 | Latin | crēscō | — |
| 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 |