英语词汇increment的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	increment
词源	increment n. mid-15c., "act or process of increasing," from Latin incrementum "growth, increase; an addition," from stem of increscere "to grow in or upon" (see increase (v.)). Meaning "amount of increase" first attested 1630s. Entries linking to increment increase v. mid-14c., encresen, "become greater in size or number" (intransitive); late 14c., "cause to grow, enlarge" (transitive), from Anglo-French encress-, Old French encreiss-, present participle stem of encreistre, from Latin increscere "to increase, to grow upon, grow over, swell, grow into," from in- "in" (from PIE root en "in") + crescere "to grow" (from PIE root ker- (2) "to grow"). Modern English restored the Latin spelling 16c. Related: Increased; increasing. incremental adj. 1715, from increment + -al (1). Related: Incrementally. updated on November 09, 2015
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