Where does “microcredit” come from?
Microcredit comes from English micro- combined with credit, which derives from Middle French crédit, Latin creditum (a loan or thing entrusted), from credere meaning to believe or entrust, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- meaning to place or put.
microcredit (English): The practice of making very small loans,...
Definitions
- The practice of making very small loans,...
Ancestry of “microcredit”, step by step
| 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 |