accretion
/əˈkɹiʃən/uh-KREE-shuhn
/əˈkɹiʃən/uh-KREE-shuhn
Meaninga growing on
Common meaning: slow growth as layers build up
- acto, towards
- cretto grow, get biggerLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 481 · scan
- ionnoun ending: act or result
‘to, towards’ + ‘to grow, get bigger’ → accretion
Journey through time
- Latinaccretio‘an increase’source
- Englishaccretion‘slow growth as layers build up’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin crēscō ‘to grow, get bigger’.
Roots
- crēscō, crēvī, crētum Latin “to grow, get bigger”
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