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

  1. belief

Ancestry of “credentia”, step by step

credentia traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish creencia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcreenciabelief
2Spanishcreerto believe; to think, to believe, to reckon, to...
3Old Spanishcreer
4Latincrēdōto believe, to trust in, to give credence to
5Proto-Italickrezdōto believe
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱréddʰh₁etito believe, trust
7Proto-Indo-European-dʰh₁etiForms resultative verbs
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via English credence

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcredenceAcceptance of a belief or claim as true,...
2Middle EnglishcredenceFaith, confidence; having belief
3Old Frenchcredencefaith; confidence
4Latincrēdentiacredence
5Latincrēdēnslending, loaning
6Latincrēdere

via Portuguese crença

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesecrençabelief; credence
2Old Portuguesecreença
3Late Latincredentiacredence, promise
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European -dʰh₁etiEvery word from Proto-Indo-European ḱréddʰh₁eti
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