Where does “accrēscō” come from?
accrēscō (Latin) comes from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
accrēscō (Latin): to grow, increase
Ancestry of “accrēscō”, step by step
accrēscō traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin Ad
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 2 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 3 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 4 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
via Latin crēscō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | crēscō | to rise, grow, grow up; prosper, thrive; increase, multiply, augment |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | krēskō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
Words derived from “accrēscō”