Etymograph

English

succrescence

Succrescence comes from Latin succresco ‘to grow under, or from under’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱer-1reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱreh₁-sḱéti1reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcrēscō1‘to rise, grow, grow up’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuccresco2‘to grow under, or from under’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuccrescentia2
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1650succrescence2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin succresco
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English succrescence
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1650, Edward Marbury, A Commentarie: “ſhe aboundeth in continuall ſuccreſcence of new ſeed.”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱer-Wiktionary, Latin succrescoreconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱreh₁-sḱétiWiktionary, Latin succrescoreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcrēscōWiktionary, Latin succresco‘to rise, grow, grow up’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuccrescoWiktionary, English succrescence‘to grow under, or from under’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuccrescentiaWiktionary, English succrescence
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1650succrescenceWiktionary, English succrescence. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1650, Edward Marbury, A Commentarie: “ſhe aboundeth in continuall ſuccreſcence of new ſeed.”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-

create, creative, creator, creature, cereal, creole, procreation, kore, creat, 25 more

through Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁-sḱéti

crew, 9 more

through Latin crēscō ‘to rise, grow, grow up’

increase, increasing, decrease, crescent, croissant, cru, excrement, increment, accretion, 9 more

Today it means

noun An outward growth from underneath.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “succrescence”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin succresco. 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- / succrescence

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