Where does “incredulity” come from?
Incredulity comes from Old French incredulité, from Late Latin incredulitas, combining Latin in- (not) and -itas (noun suffix) with a root from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- (to place or put).
incredulity (English): Unwillingness or inability to believe; doubt...
Definitions
- Unwillingness or inability to believe; doubt...
Ancestry of “incredulity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | incredulité | incredulity |
| 2 | Late Latin | incredulitas | disbelief, incredulity; unbelief |
| 3 | Latin | incredulus | unbelieving, disbelieving, incredulous;... |
| 4 | Latin | crēdulus | that easily believes a thing, easy of belief |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |