myEtymology.com: Italian etymology of accreto

Etymology of the Italian word accreto

the Italian word accreto

derived from the Latin word accretus (overgrown with; encased in)

derived from the Latin word accrescere (to increase; increase, swell, grow larger)

using the Latin prefix ad- (to, in addition)

derived from the Latin word ad (to; near; to; to; to; near)

derived from the Latin word crescere (to grow; come forth, to be; arise; thrive, increase)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ker-