Where does “accredition” come from?
accredition (English) comes from English accredit, from French accréditer, from French créditer, from French crédit, from Italian credito, from Latin crēditum, from Latin crēdō, from Proto-Italic krezdō — to do, put, place.
accredition (English): The giving of credentials; The act of accrediting
Definitions
- The giving of credentials; The act of accrediting
Ancestry of “accredition”, step by step
accredition traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English accredit
| 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 |
via English Ion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ion | Son of Creusa and Xuthus, and the ancestor of Ionian people |
| 2 | Romanian | Ion | John |
| 3 | French | ion | ion |
| 4 | English | ion | An atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical... |
| 5 | English | anion | A negatively charged ion |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀνιόν | going up |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἄνειμι | go up |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἀνά | on board; on, upon |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | *aná | up, upon |