Where does “crédit” come from?

crédit (French) comes from Italian credito, from Latin crēditum, from Latin crēdō, from Proto-Italic krezdō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱréddʰh₁eti, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰh₁eti, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

crédit (French): credit; course credit

Definitions

  1. credit; course credit

Ancestry of “crédit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancreditocredit
2Latincrēdituma loan
3Latincrēdōto believe, to trust in, to give credence to
4Proto-Italickrezdōto believe
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱréddʰh₁etito believe, trust
6Proto-Indo-European-dʰh₁etiForms resultative verbs
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “crédit”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -dʰh₁eti →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱréddʰh₁eti →