Where does “crediteur” come from?
crediteur (Dutch) comes from Middle French crediteur, from Old French creditor, from Latin crēditor, from Latin crēditum, from Latin crēdō, from Proto-Italic krezdō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱréddʰh₁eti, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰh₁eti — to do, put, place.
crediteur (Dutch): creditor
Definitions
- creditor
Ancestry of “crediteur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | crediteur | creditor |
| 2 | Old French | creditor | — |
| 3 | Latin | crēditor | creditor, lender |
| 4 | Latin | crēditum | a loan |
| 5 | Latin | crēdō | to believe, to trust in, to give credence to |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | krezdō | to believe |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱréddʰh₁eti | to believe, trust |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰh₁eti | Forms resultative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |