creitre

See also: creître

Franco-Provençal

Verb

creitre (Dauphinois, Valdôtain)

1. Alternative form of crêtre (“to grow”)

References

• creitre in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “crēscĕre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 1323

Norman

Alternative forms

• creître (France)
• craître (Jersey)

Etymology

From Old French creistre, from Latin crēscō, crēscere (“increase, rise, grow, thrive; multiply, augment”).

Verb

creitre

1. (Guernsey) to grow, alternative form of creître.