décroître
French
verb
Definitions
- to decrease
Etymology
Prefix from French croître inherited from Old French descreistre derived from Latin decrēscere.
Origin
Latin
decrēscere
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- decrease English
- decrescere Latin
- decrēscere Latin
- dēcrēscere Latin
- decrescere Italian
- accroître French
- croître French
- décroissement French
- recroître French
- decrecer Spanish, Castilian
- creistre Old French
- descreistre Old French
- croistre Middle French