Etymology

increase

in·crease
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Today it means: (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater, to greaten. Full definition →

Middle English encresen ← Anglo-Norman encreistre ← Latin increscere
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increase · verb, noun1

  1. Middle English · inherited fromencres
  2. Latin · derived fromincrescere“to increase”
  3. Anglo-Norman · derived fromencreistre
  4. Middle English · inherited fromencresen
  5. English todayincrease

From Middle English encresen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman encreistre, from Latin increscere (“to increase”), from in (“in, on”) + crescō (“grow”). The noun is from Middle English encres, from the verb.

Increase · proper noun2

  1. Hebrew · calque ofיוֹסֵף
  2. English todayIncrease

Calque of Hebrew יוֹסֵף. From increase.

Words from the same roots

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