Where does “creance” come from?

creance (Middle French) comes from Old French creance, from Latin crēdentia, from Latin crēdēns, from Latin crēdere.

creance (Middle French): faith; belief

Definitions

  1. faith; belief

Ancestry of “creance”, step by step

creance traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French creance

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcreancefaith; belief
2Latincrēdentiacredence
3Latincrēdēnslending, loaning
4Latincrēdere—

via French créant

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcréantpresent participle of créer

via Late Latin credentia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latincredentiacredence, promise
Every word from Latin crēdere →Every word from Latin crēdēns →Every word from Latin crēdentia →