Increscent
/ɪnˈkrɛs.ənt/noun
Growing or increasing, especially used of the moon as it waxes.
Did you know?Increscent comes from Latin increscens, the present participle of increscere, and in medieval and early modern astrology it named the waxing moon — the sky’s built-in symbol of expansion.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
increscens
“growing, increasing”
Classical Latin
Latin
increscere
“to grow upon, increase”
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*krews-
“to grow, swell”
Middle English
English
increscent
“waxing; increasing, especially of the moon”
Modern English
English
increscent
“growing or waxing”