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accretion
[accretion 词源字典]
accretion:
see
crescent
[accretion etymology, accretion origin, 英语词源]
accretion (n.)
1610s, from Latin
accretionem
(nominative
accretio
) "an increasing, a growing larger" (as of the waxing moon), noun of action from past participle stem of
accrescere
, from
ad-
"to" (see
ad-
) +
crescere
"grow" (see
crescent
).