Etymograph

English

croissanterie

Croissanterie comes from French croître ‘to increase, to grow’, from Latin crēscō ‘to augment’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- ‘to grow, become bigger’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱer-1‘to grow, become bigger’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱreh₁-sḱéti1reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcrēscō2‘to augment’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcrēscentem2present active participle of crēscō
  5. Old Frenchc. 842–1400croisant2
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentcroître2‘to increase, to grow’
  7. Frenchc. 1600–presentcroissant3
  8. Frenchc. 1600–presentcroissanterie4
  9. Englishearliest quotation 1993croissanterie4

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin cresco
  2. 2 Wiktionary, French croissant
  3. 3 Wiktionary, French croissanterie
  4. 4 Wiktionary, English croissanterie
  5. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1993, Marcus E Engdahl, European Resort Info?: “Chamonix town has a nice old center with a…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱer-Wiktionary, Latin cresco‘to grow, become bigger’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱreh₁-sḱétiWiktionary, Latin crescoreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcrēscōWiktionary, French croissant‘to augment’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcrēscentemWiktionary, French croissantpresent active participle of crēscō
  5. Old Frenchc. 842–1400croisantWiktionary, French croissant
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentcroîtreWiktionary, French croissant‘to increase, to grow’
  7. Frenchc. 1600–presentcroissantWiktionary, French croissanterie
  8. Frenchc. 1600–presentcroissanterieWiktionary, English croissanterie
  9. Englishearliest quotation 1993croissanterieWiktionary, English croissanterie. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1993, Marcus E Engdahl, European Resort Info?: “Chamonix town has a nice old center with a…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- ‘to grow, become bigger’

create, creative, creator, creature, cereal, creole, procreation, kore, creat, 26 more

through Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁-sḱéti

crew, 10 more

through Latin crēscō ‘to augment’

increase, increasing, decrease, increment, accretion, excrement, 10 more

through Latin crēscentem

crescent, 1 more

through French croître ‘to increase, to grow’

cru, 1 more

Today it means

noun A shop that sells croissants.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “croissanterie”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin cresco, French croissant, French croissanterie. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- / croissanterie

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