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Where does “unaccredited” come from?

unaccredited (English) comes from English accredited, from English accredit, from French accréditer, from French créditer, from French crédit, from Italian credito, from Latin crēditum, from Latin crēdō — to do, put, place.

unaccredited (English): Not accredited; lacking accreditation

Definitions

  1. Not accredited; lacking accreditation

Ancestry of “unaccredited”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishaccreditedsimple past tense and past participle of...
2EnglishaccreditTo ascribe; attribute; credit with; To put or...
3Frenchaccréditeraccredit
4Frenchcréditerto credit
5Frenchcréditcredit; course credit
6Italiancreditocredit
7Latincrēditum—
8Latincrēdō—
9Proto-Italickrezdō—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱréddʰh₁etito believe, trust
11Proto-Indo-European-dʰh₁etiForms resultative verbs
12Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
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