Where does “creditee” come from?
creditee (English) comes from English credit, from Middle French crédit, from Latin crēditum, from Latin crēdō, from Proto-Italic krezdō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱréddʰh₁eti, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰh₁eti, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.
creditee (English): A person who is given credit to make a purchase
Definitions
- A person who is given credit to make a purchase
Ancestry of “creditee”, step by step
creditee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English credit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | credit | To believe; to put credence in; To add to an... |
| 2 | Middle French | crédit | belief, trust |
| 3 | Latin | crēditum | a loan |
| 4 | Latin | crēdō | to believe, to trust in, to give credence to |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | krezdō | to believe |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱréddʰh₁eti | to believe, trust |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰh₁eti | Forms resultative verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |