Where does “excrescență” come from?
excrescență (Romanian) comes from Latin excrescentia, from Latin excrēscere, from Latin crēscere, from Proto-Italic krēskō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
excrescență (Romanian): excrescence
Definitions
- excrescence
Ancestry of “excrescență”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | excrescentia | abnormal growths |
| 2 | Latin | excrēscere | — |
| 3 | Latin | crēscere | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | krēskō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |