Where does “credentia” come from?
credentia (Interlingua) comes from Spanish creencia, from Spanish creer, from Old Spanish creer, 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.
credentia (Interlingua): belief
Definitions
- belief
Ancestry of “credentia”, step by step
credentia traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish creencia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | creencia | belief |
| 2 | Spanish | creer | to believe; to think, to believe, to reckon, to... |
| 3 | Old Spanish | creer | — |
| 4 | Latin | crēdō | to believe, to trust in, to give credence to |
| 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 |