Where does “kredittkort” come from?
kredittkort (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål kort, from Low German kort, from German karte, from Middle High German karte, from Old French carte, from Latin charta, from French cartel, from Italian cartello — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
kredittkort (Norwegian Bokmål): a credit card
Definitions
- a credit card
Ancestry of “kredittkort”, step by step
kredittkort traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål kort
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | kort | short; brief; briefly, shortly |
| 2 | Low German | kort | a card |
| 3 | German | karte | card flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc |
| 4 | Middle High German | karte | — |
| 5 | Old French | carte | Alternative form of chartre |
| 6 | Latin | charta | papyrus, paper; poem, a writing; map |
| 7 | French | cartel | a cartel |
| 8 | Italian | cartello | sign, notice, placard, signboard; signpost, road... |
| 9 | Italian | carta | paper; map; menu |
| 10 | Latin | carta | papyrus; letter etc |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |
via Norwegian Bokmål kreditt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | kreditt | economic confidence enjoyed by a person or firm;... |
| 2 | English | credit | To believe; to put credence in; To add to an... |
| 3 | Middle French | crédit | belief, trust |
| 4 | Latin | crēditum | a loan |
| 5 | Latin | crēdō | to believe, to trust in, to give credence to |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | krezdō | to believe |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱréddʰh₁eti | to believe, trust |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰh₁eti | Forms resultative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |