Where does “diskrediet” come from?
diskrediet (Dutch) comes from French discrédit, from French discréditer, from French crédit, from Italian credito, from Latin crēditum, from Latin crēdō, from Proto-Italic krezdō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱréddʰh₁eti — to do, put, place.
diskrediet (Dutch): discredit
Definitions
- discredit
Ancestry of “diskrediet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | discrédit | disrepute |
| 2 | French | discréditer | to discredit |
| 3 | French | crédit | credit; course credit |
| 4 | Italian | credito | credit |
| 5 | Latin | crēditum | a loan |
| 6 | Latin | crēdō | to believe, to trust in, to give credence to |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | krezdō | to believe |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱréddʰh₁eti | to believe, trust |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰh₁eti | Forms resultative verbs |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |