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Where does “kredigi” come from?

kredigi (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto kredi, from Ottoman Turkish كره‌دی, from French crédit, from Italian credito, from Latin crēditum, from Latin crēdō, from Proto-Italic krezdō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱréddʰh₁eti — to do, put, place.

kredigi (Esperanto): to pretend; to make believe; to convince

Definitions

  1. to pretend; to make believe; to convince

Ancestry of “kredigi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantokredito believe
2Ottoman Turkishكره‌دی—
3Frenchcréditcredit; course credit
4Italiancreditocredit
5Latincrēditum—
6Latincrēdō—
7Proto-Italickrezdō—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱréddʰh₁etito believe, trust
9Proto-Indo-European-dʰh₁etiForms resultative verbs
10Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
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