cresc / cre / cru
to grow
Latin · crescere / cretus
Latin crescere 'to grow', past form cretus. It appears as cresc-, -cre- and -cru-: a crescent is a growing moon, increase grows in, accrue grows to, concrete grew together.
Memory trick
The CRESCent moon is a GROWing moon: CRESC means grow.
Words from this root
- crescent (cresc + ent) — growing moon shapeअर्धचंद्र
- crescendo (cresc + endo) — gradual growth in loudnessक्रमशः बढ़ता स्वर
- increase (in + crease) — to grow biggerबढ़ना, बढ़ाना
- increment (in + cre + ment) — small increase, a step upवृद्धि, बढ़ोतरी
- incremental (increment + al) — happening in small stepsक्रमिक
- accrue (ac + crue) — to grow as a result, gatherजमा होना
- accretion (ac + cret + ion) — growth by gradual additionक्रमिक वृद्धि
- concrete (con + cret + e) — grown together; solid mixठोस, कंक्रीट
- crew (crew) — group working togetherदल, चालक दल
- excrescence (ex + cresc + ence) — an abnormal outgrowthअनावश्यक उभार
- decrement (de + cre + ment) — a small decreaseकमी, ह्रास