recruit

/ɹəkˈɹuːt/ruh-KROOT

/ɹəkˈɹut/ruh-KROOT

Meaninga new growth

Common meaning: to enlist new members

reagain; back
cruitto grow, get biggerLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 481 · scan

‘again’ + ‘to grow, get bigger’ → recruit

Journey through time

Latincrēscō, crēvī, crētum‘to grow, get bigger’
Frenchrecruter
Old Frenchrecroistsource
Englishrecruit‘to enlist new members’ · today

re- also in: react rebel relax repel reply

cruit also in: accrue concrete crescent decrease increase

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’.

Did you know (From French recrue,…): our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry RECRUIT, p. 496 · dictionary scan

Did you know (Latin crescere, "to…): our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry crēscō, p. 481 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry RECRUIT, p. 496 · dictionary scan

Roots

crēscō, crēvī, crētum Latin “to grow, get bigger”

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