proliferate
to multiply or spread rapidly
Roots
- fer / bear: carry or bring
- prol / proles: offspring, producing, or multiplying
Other words with the fer / bear root
- circumference: distance around a circle
- deference: respectful yielding to another person's judgment
- infer: to reach a conclusion from evidence
- inference: a conclusion reached from evidence
- offer: to present or give for consideration
- proliferation: rapid increase or multiplication
Other words with the prol / proles root
- proliferation: rapid increase or multiplication
- prolific: producing many works, results, or offspring
- prolificacy: abundant production as a trait
Prol keeps offspring or production near the surface. To proliferate is to produce many, quickly.
Rumors proliferated when facts arrived too slowly and everyone filled the silence.
Proliferate is multiplication with a living feel. Cells, rumors, rules, tabs, emails, and excuses can all start as one thing and suddenly become a crowd.