Where does “credo” come from?
Credo comes from Latin credō, from Proto-Italic krezdō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱred dʰeh₁-, derived from the root dʰeh₁- meaning to put or place.
credo (English): A statement of a belief or a summary statement of a whole belief system; also (metonymically) the belief or belief system itself
Definitions
- A statement of a belief or a summary statement of a whole belief system; also (metonymically) the belief or belief system itself
Ancestry of “credo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | credo | The Nicene Creed or Apostle's Creed |
| 2 | Old French | credo | The Nicene Creed or Apostle's Creed |
| 3 | Latin | crēdō | to believe, to trust in, to give credence to |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | krezdō | to believe |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱréddʰh₁eti | to believe, trust |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰh₁eti | Forms resultative verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |