- 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).