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cresco.

to rise, grow, grow up; prosper, thrive; increase, multiply, augment

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈkreːs.koː]Classical-Latin[ˈkrɛs.ko]
  1. to rise, grow, grow up; prosper, thrive; increase, multiply, augment

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  2. to come to be

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  3. to become visible, spring from, arise, come forth

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Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁-sḱéti Latin crēscō Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁-sḱéti, from the root *ḱer- (“to grow, become bigger”), whence also Latin creō, as well as perhaps Proto-Slavic *krěti (“to intensify”).

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