Crescent
m.
Latin crescens 'thriving, growing, increasing'.
The name of a minor New Testament character. Wycliffite Bible (1395): Crescens.
- England
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- Early Modern English
- ● 1584 Cressant BEmar-vol1 p. 11
- France
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- Old French
- ● 1292 Crescent (obl) HistHdVParis p. 112
- Italy
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- Latin
- ● 1265x1339 Cresencii (gen) BBC-Berg 859
- Italian
- ● 1513x1521 Crescentio LeoX p. 22
Cite as: A. Brown, S.L. Uckelman. "Crescent". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2021, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2021/1/name/Crescent.