accroître
French
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to increase
- (reflexive) to increase
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French accroistre inherited from Old French acroistre inherited from Latin accrēscere affix from French croître.
Origin
French
croître
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- accrescere Latin
- accrēscere Latin
- accrescere Italian
- accroissable French
- accroissement French
- croître French
- décroître French
- recroître French
- acrecer Spanish, Castilian
- acrecerse Spanish, Castilian
- acrescer Portuguese
- acreistre Old French
- acroistre Old French
- accroistre Middle French
- croistre Middle French