Where does “mécréant” come from?

mécréant (French) comes from Old French mescreant, from Old French mescreire — Alternative form of mescroire.

mécréant (French): atheistic; infidel; unbeliever, non-believer

Definitions

  1. atheistic; infidel; unbeliever, non-believer

Ancestry of “mécréant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmescreant—
2Old FrenchmescreireAlternative form of mescroire
Every word from Old French mescreire →Every word from Old French mescreant →