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Where does “acroistre” come from?

acroistre (Old French) comes from Latin accrēscō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

acroistre (Old French): to augment; to increase

Definitions

  1. to augment; to increase

Ancestry of “acroistre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinaccrēscō—
2Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “acroistre”

  • accroître
  • accroissable
  • accroistre
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →