Etymology

crescentic

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Today it means: Growing, increasing, gaining size, etc. Full definition →

English crescent ← Middle English cressaunt ← Old French creissant
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The story

  1. Anglo-Normancressaunt
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱer-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ḱreh₁-sḱéti
  4. Latincrēscō
  5. Latincrēscentem
  6. Old Frenchcreissant
  7. Middle Englishcressaunt
  8. Englishcrescent
  9. English todaycrescentic

From crescent (“(growing) half moon”) + -ic. More at crescent.

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