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Where does “credited” come from?

Credited derives from English credit, from Middle French crédit, from Latin creditum (past participle of credere, meaning "to believe or entrust"), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁-.

credited (English): Having something attributed to oneself; past...

Definitions

  1. Having something attributed to oneself; past...

Ancestry of “credited”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincrēdere—

Words derived from “credited”

  • uncredited
  • noncredited
Every word from Latin crēdere →