Etymology Explorer › Finnish

Where does “akkreditiivi” come from?

akkreditiivi (Finnish) comes from French accréditif, from French accréditer, from French créditer, from French crédit, from Italian credito, from Latin crēditum, from Latin crēdō, from Proto-Italic krezdō — to do, put, place.

akkreditiivi (Finnish): An order from a buyer to a bank to issue a letter...

Definitions

  1. An order from a buyer to a bank to issue a letter...

Ancestry of “akkreditiivi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchaccréditifletter of credit
2Frenchaccréditeraccredit
3Frenchcréditerto credit
4Frenchcréditcredit; course credit
5Italiancreditocredit
6Latincrēditum—
7Latincrēdō—
8Proto-Italickrezdō—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱréddʰh₁etito believe, trust
10Proto-Indo-European-dʰh₁etiForms resultative verbs
11Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →