Where does “akreditivo” come from?
akreditivo (Esperanto) comes from German Akkreditiv, from French accréditif, from French accréditer, from French créditer, from French crédit, from Italian credito, from Latin crēditum, from Latin crēdō — to do, put, place.
akreditivo (Esperanto): letter of credit, request for credit
Definitions
- letter of credit, request for credit
Ancestry of “akreditivo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Akkreditiv | accreditive |
| 2 | French | accréditif | letter of credit |
| 3 | French | accréditer | accredit |
| 4 | French | créditer | to credit |
| 5 | French | crédit | credit; course credit |
| 6 | Italian | credito | credit |
| 7 | Latin | crēditum | a loan |
| 8 | Latin | crēdō | to believe, to trust in, to give credence to |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | krezdō | to believe |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱréddʰh₁eti | to believe, trust |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰh₁eti | Forms resultative verbs |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |