Etymograph

English

redecrease

From re- + decrease.

Formed from re- + decrease

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-

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Latin crēscō ‘grow’

Latin dēcrēscō ‘to grow less or shorter, decrease, wane, dwindle’

Old French descreistre ‘to decrease’

Middle English decresen

English decrease

Today it means

verb To decrease again.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “redecrease”. 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.

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