Where does “accredited” come from?
Accredited comes from Middle English accredited, from French accréditer, from Latin creditus meaning "believed" or "trusted," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂el- meaning "to grow" or "nourish."
accredited (English): simple past tense and past participle of...
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Ancestry of “accredited”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | accredit | To ascribe; attribute; credit with; To put or... |
| 2 | French | accréditer | accredit |
| 3 | French | créditer | to credit |
| 4 | French | crédit | credit; course credit |
| 5 | Italian | credito | credit |
| 6 | Latin | crēditum | a loan |
| 7 | Latin | crēdō | to believe, to trust in, to give credence to |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | krezdō | to believe |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱréddʰh₁eti | to believe, trust |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰh₁eti | Forms resultative verbs |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |