Where does “percrebrescens” come from?
percrebrescens (Latin) comes from Latin percrebresco, from Latin crebresco, from Latin -ēscō, from Proto-Italic *-ēskō.
Definitions
Ancestry of “percrebrescens”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | percrebresco | I become very frequent or prevalent; I spread |
| 2 | Latin | crebresco | I become frequent; I increase; I grow strong; I... |
| 3 | Latin | -ēscō | Attaches to a stem (a noun or adjective) to form a verb meaning “to become [stem]” or similar |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *-ēskō | — |