Where does “creditress” come from?
creditress (English) comes from English creditor, from Middle English creditour, from Anglo-Norman creditour, from Latin crēditor, from Latin crēditum, from Latin crēdō, from Proto-Italic krezdō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱréddʰh₁eti — to do, put, place.
creditress (English): A female creditor
Definitions
- A female creditor
Ancestry of “creditress”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | creditor | A person to whom a debt is owed; One who gives... |
| 2 | Middle English | creditour | creditor |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | creditour | — |
| 4 | Latin | crēditor | creditor, lender |
| 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 |