Etymology

accrease

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Today it means: To increase. Full definition →

Middle English acresen ← Old French acreistre ← Latin accrēscere
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  1. Latin · derived fromaccrēscere
  2. Old French · derived fromacreistre
  3. Middle English · inherited fromacresen
  4. English todayaccrease

From Middle English acresen, accreesen, from Anglo-Norman, Old French acreistre, from Latin accrēscere, from ad- + crēscere (“to grow”). Doublet of accresce.

Words from the same roots

Latinaccrēscere all →

accresce

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.