incrementum

Latin

Etymology

From incrēscō (grow, swell, increase) +‎ -mentum.

Noun

incrēmentum n (genitive incrēmentī); second declension

  1. growth, development, increase, augmentation
  2. increment

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative incrēmentum incrēmenta
genitive incrēmentī incrēmentōrum
dative incrēmentō incrēmentīs
accusative incrēmentum incrēmenta
ablative incrēmentō incrēmentīs
vocative incrēmentum incrēmenta

Descendants

  • Catalan: increment
  • English: increment
  • French: incrément
  • Galician: incremento
  • Irish: incrimint
  • Italian: incremento
  • Portuguese: incremento
  • Romanian: increment
  • Russian: инкремент (inkrement)
  • Spanish: incremento

References

  • incrementum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • incrementum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "incrementum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • incrementum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.