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creo.

to create, to give existence to, to form, to make, to produce, to originate out of other materials or (post-Classical) out of nihility (transitively)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈkre.oː]Classical-Latin[ˈkrɛː.o]
  1. to create, to give existence to, to form, to make, to produce, to originate out of other materials or (post-Classical) out of nihility (transitively)

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  2. to cause, to prepare, to occasion

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  3. to choose, elect

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  4. to beget, give birth to

    conjugation-1 · figuratively · poetic
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁eh₂yéti Latin creō Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁-eh₂yé-ti, ultimately from the root *ḱer- (“to grow, become bigger”). Related to crēber and crēscō.

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