ENGLISH ROOT WORD: cresc from Latin crescere, crescens

 

 

【cresc】 is word-forming element
usually meaning "grow, rise"

from Latin "crescere, crescens"

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[WORD ROOT]root cresc
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] crease, cresc, crete, crew, cruit
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Latin) crescere, crescens
[MEANING]root grow, rise

【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ENTYMOLOGY】

• 【Latin】 crescere to grow, come forth, spring up, thrive, swell, increase in numbers or strength
• 【Latin】 crescens [nominative of crescentum]

[LIST OF ENGLISH WORD]

concrete, cresc, crescent, crew, decrease, increase, increasingly, recruit, recruitment

 

 

Please see Word information in detail as follows;

concrete [adjective] from concrete < cresc
【DEFINITION】 You use concrete to indicate that something is definite and specific.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 actual, solid; particular, individual; denoting a substance
【DERIVATIVEs】 concretely, concreteness, concretion, concretionary, concretive, concretively, concretize, concrete
【Etymology】 [Latin] concretus [past participle of concrescere] condensed, hardened, stiff, curdled, congealed, clotted; (figuratively) thick; dim; (literally) grown together
【ROOTs】 ⑴ con(com); together ⑵ crete(cresc); grow, rise

 

 

cresc [combining form] from cresc
【DEFINITION】 to grow, come forth, spring up, thrive, swell, increase in numbers or strength
【Etymology】 [Latin] crescere to grow, come forth, spring up, thrive, swell, increase in numbers or strength
【ROOTs】 cresc; grow, rise

crescent [noun] from cresc
【DEFINITION】 A crescent is a curved shape that is wider in the middle than at i
【PRIMARY MEANING】 crescent-shaped ornament
【pl.】 crescents
【Etymology】 [Latin] crescere to grow, come forth, spring up, thrive, swell, increase in numbers or strength
【ROOTs】 ⑴ cresc; grow, rise ⑵ ent(ant); suffix

crew [noun] from crew < cresc
【DEFINITION】 The crew of a ship, an aircraft, or a spacecraft is the people who work on and operate it.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 group of soldiers sent as reinforcements (obsolete)
【pl.】 crews
【DERIVATIVEs】 crewless, crew
【Etymology】 [French] crue an increase, recruit, military reinforcement
【ROOTs】 crew(cresc); grow, rise

decrease [verb] from decrease < cresc
【DEFINITION】 When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 become less, be diminished gradually
【CONJUGATIONs】 decreased, decreased, decreasing, decreases
【DERIVATIVEs】 decreasing, decreasingly, decrease
【SYNONYM】 diminish
【ANTONYM】 increase
【Etymology】 [Latin] decrescere de+crescere;
【ROOTs】 ⑴ de; down, under ⑵ crease(cresc); grow, increase

increase [verb] from increase < cresc
【DEFINITION】 If something increases or you increase it, it becomes greater in number, level, or amount.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 become greater in size or number
【CONJUGATIONs】 increased, increased, increasing, increases
【DERIVATIVEs】 increasable, increasedly, increaser, increasing, increasingly, increase
【SYNONYM】 ramp up
【ANTONYM】 decrease
【Etymology】 [Latin] crescere to grow, come forth, spring up, thrive, swell, increase in numbers or strength
【ROOTs】 ⑴ in; in, on ⑵ crease(cresc); grow, make, create

 

increasingly [adverb] from increase < cresc
【DEFINITION】 You can use increasingly to indicate that a situation or quality is becoming greater in intensity or more common.
【DERIVATIVEs】 increasable, increasedly, increaser, increasing, increasingly, increase
【SYNONYM】 more and more
【Etymology】 [Latin] crescere to grow, come forth, spring up, thrive, swell, increase in numbers or strength
【ROOTs】 ⑴ in; in, on ⑵ crease(cresc); to grow ⑶ ing; adjective suffix ⑷ ly; adverb suffix

recruit [verb] from recruit < cresc
【DEFINITION】 If you recruit people for an organization, you select them and persuade them to join it or work for it.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 to strengthen, reinforce
【CONJUGATIONs】 recruited, recruited, recruiting, recruits
【DERIVATIVEs】 recruitable, recruital, recruiter, recruitment, recruit
【Etymology】 [French] recruter
【ROOTs】 ⑴ re; again, behind ⑵ cruit(cresc); make, create

 

 

 

recruitment [noun] from recruit < cresc
【DEFINITION】 The recruitment of workers, soldiers, or members is the act or process of selecting them for an organization or army and persuading them to join.
【DERIVATIVEs】 recruitable, recruital, recruiter, recruitment, recruit
【Etymology】 [French] recruter
【ROOTs】 ⑴ re; again, behind ⑵ cruit(cresc); make, create ⑶ ment; suffix

Other word list containing cresc; crescendo, accresce, accrescence, accrescent, accrete, accretion, accrue, surcrew

【OTHER ROOTs; 】

cred
cre-
cracy-
come
cover
costa-, cost-
count
cosm-, cosmo-
cohort
corp-, corpor-

ENGLISH ROOT WORD: cred from Latin credere, creditus, credulus

 

 

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