Where does “crede” come from?
crede (Galician) comes from Galician crer, from Old Portuguese creer, from Latin credere, from Latin credo, from Proto-Italic krezdō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱréddʰh₁eti, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰh₁eti, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.
crede (Galician): second-person plural imperative of crer
Definitions
- second-person plural imperative of crer
Ancestry of “crede”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | crer | to believe; first/third-person singular future... |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | creer | to believe |
| 3 | Latin | credere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 4 | Latin | credo | I believe, I trust in, I give credence to; I... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | krezdō | to believe |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱréddʰh₁eti | to believe, trust |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰh₁eti | Forms resultative verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |