köken: Present participle of the verb croître (“to increase, to grow”). From Old French croisant, from earlier creissant, from Latin crēscentem, present active participle of crēscō (“to augment”).
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁-sḱéti Latin crēscō Latin crescens Latin crescentem Old Spanish crescente Spanish creciente Old present participle of crecer. From Old Spanish crescente, from Latin crescentem. By surface analysis, crecer + -iente. Compare English crescent.