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Where does “creissant” come from?

creissant (Old French) comes from Latin crēscēns, from Latin crēscō, from Proto-Italic krēskō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.

creissant (Old French): present participle of creistre; crescent

Definitions

  1. present participle of creistre; crescent

Ancestry of “creissant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincrēscēns—
2Latincrēscō—
3Proto-Italickrēskō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
6Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army

Words derived from “creissant”

  • crescent
  • crescentic
  • crescentiform
  • crescentwise
  • crescentspot
  • bicrescentic
  • crescentchest
  • equicrescent
  • crescentoid
  • noncrescentic
  • subcrescentic
  • cressaunt
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