July Miscellaneous
Teaser
creole, create, crescent, kore, Ceres
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Proto-Indo-European *ḱer(h₁)-
to grow, to increase
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Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁eh₂yé-ti
to make grow
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Italic *krēāō
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Latin creō
I create, I give birth to, I prepare, I choose
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Western Romance
- French créer
to create
- Italian creare
to create, to appoint, to set up
- Spanish criar
to rear (a child)
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Portuguese criar
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Portuguese cria
one who is raised, offspring, kid, ward
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Portuguese crioulo
someone raised in the colonies, creole
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Spanish criollo
someone raised in the colonies, creole
- English creole
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- French créer
- Spanish crear
to create
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Latin creātus
created, begotten, chosen
- English create
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Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁sḱé-ti
to be growing
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Italic *krēskō
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Latin crēscō
I increase, I thrive, I become visible
- Sardinian creschi
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Eastern Romance
- Romanian crește
grow, increase, raise, cultivate
- Romanian crește
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Western Romance
- French croître
to grow
- Italian crescere
to grow
- Spanish crecer
to grow
- French croître
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Latin accrēscō
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Western Romance
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French accroître
to increase
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French accrû
increased
past participle- English accrue
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- Italian accrescere
to increase
- Spanish acrecer
to increase
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Latin accrētiō
increment
- English accretion
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Latin concrēscō
I thicken, condense, curdle, stiffen, congeal
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Latin concrētus
condensed, thick, hardened, solid
past participle- English concrete
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Latin dēcrēscō
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Western Romance
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French décroître
to decrease
- English decrease
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Latin incrēscō
I grow in, I swell
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Western Romance
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Old French encroistre
to increase
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Anglo-Norman encreistre
to increase
- English increase
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- Italian increscere
to regret
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Latin incrēmentum
growth, development, increment
- English increment
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Latin crēscēns
increasing, thriving, becoming visible
active participle-
Western Romance
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French croissant
crescent, crescent moon, croissant
- English crescent
- English croissant
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Italian crescente
growing, rising, waxing (moon)
- Italian crescente
sourdough
- Italian crescente
- Spanish creciente
crescent of a waxing moon, increasing
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Latin crēscendus
that which is to increase, that which is to become visible
future passive participle-
Western Romance
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Italian crescendo
growing, increasing
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English crescendo
- Japanese クレッシェンド kuresshendo
crescendo
- Japanese クレッシェンド kuresshendo
- Spanish crescendo
crescendo
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- Spanish creciendo
growingly
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Proto-Indo-European *ḱorwo
growing
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Hellenic *kórwā
- Mycenaean Greek 𐀒𐀷 ko-wa
girl, maiden
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Ancient Greek κόρη kórē
girl, maiden
- Greek kóri
daughter, girl, kore (statue)
- English kore
Ancient Greek statue of a woman
- Ancient Greek Κόρη Kórē
Cora, Persephone.
- Greek kóri
- Mycenaean Greek 𐀒𐀷 ko-wa
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Hellenic *kórwos
- Mycenaean Greek 𐀒𐀺 ko-wo
boy, youth
- Ancient Greek κόρος kóros
boy, youth
- English kouros
Ancient Greek statue of a (naked) youth
- Mycenaean Greek 𐀒𐀺 ko-wo
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Proto-Indo-European *ḱeres-s
growthful?
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Germanic *hirsaz
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Germanic *hirsijô
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North Germanic
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Old Norse
- Danish hirse
millet
- Icelandic hirsi
millet
- Finnish hirssi
millet
- Danish hirse
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West Germanic
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Old High German hirso
millet
- German Hirse
millet
- Yiddish הירזש hirzh
millet
- German Hirse
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Italic *kerēs
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Latin Cerēs
Goddess of Bounty and Agriculture
- English Ceres
a Roman goddes, a dwarf planet
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Latin Cerealis
of Ceres
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French céréale
cereal
all meanings- English cereal
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- English Ceres
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Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-mn̥
grown
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Old Armenian սերմն sermn
seed, berry, bud, progeny, race
- Armenian սերմ serm
seed
- Armenian սերմ serm
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Proto-Indo-European *sem-ḱer-
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Italic
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Latin sincērus
clean, sound, uninjured, natural, sincere
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Eastern Romance
- Romanian sincer
sincere
- Romanian sincer
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Western Romance
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French sincère
sincere
- English sincere
- Italian sincero
sincere, honest
- Spanish sincero
sincere, honest
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Collected English words
creole, create, accrue, accretion, concrete, decrease, increase, increment, crescent, croissant, crescendo, kore, kouros, Ceres, cereal, sincere