英语词汇“Indo-European root: ker-”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

Indo-European root: ker-

释义

‌‌ker-²
To grow. Oldest form *k̑er‑, becoming *ker‑ in centum languages.
Derivatives include cereal, Creole, concrete, and recruit.

Suffixed form *ker-es‑. cereal, Ceres, from Latin Cerēs, goddess of agriculture, especially the growth of grain.
Extended form *krē‑ (< *kreə‑).
1. Suffixed form *krē-yā‑. create, Creole, cria, griot; procreate, from Latin creāre, to bring forth, create, produce (< "to cause to grow);
2. suffixed form *krē-sko‑. crescendo, crescent, crew¹; accrue, concrescence, concrete, decrease, excrescence, increase, recruit, from Latin crēscere, to grow, increase.
Suffixed o-grade form *kor-wo‑, "growing," adolescent. kore, kouros; Dioscuri, hypocorism, from Greek kouros, koros, boy, son, and korē, girl.
Compound *sm̥-kēro‑, "of one growth" (*sm̥‑, same, one; see sem-¹). sincere, from Latin sincērus, pure, clean.

[Pokorny 2. k̑er‑ 577.]

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