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# The Good Oil Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-good-oil-word-of-the-day-212/
- Published: 2025-03-04T17:15:23.000Z
- Updated: 2025-03-04T17:15:22.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, Word of the Day

The word for today is…

encroach (verb):

1: to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another  
2: to advance beyond the usual or proper limits

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/encroach?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : Encroach comes from the Middle English verb encrochen, which means "to get or seize." The Anglo-French predecessor of encrochen is encrocher, which was formed by combining the prefix en- ("in") with the noun croche ("hook"). Croche is also an ancestor of our word crochet; that word first referred to a crochet hook or to the needlework done with it. Encroach carries the meaning of "intrude," both in terms of privilege and property. The word can also hop over legal barriers to describe a general advancement beyond desirable or normal limits (such as a hurricane that encroaches on the mainland).

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