Where does “credence” come from?

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

credence (Old French): faith; confidence

Definitions

  1. faith; confidence

Ancestry of “credence”, step by step

credence traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin crēdentia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincrēdentiacredence
2Latincrēdēnslending, loaning
3Latincrēdere—

via Medieval Latin credentia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latincredentiabelief, faith; nominative neuter plural of...

Words derived from “credence”

Every word from Latin crēdere →Every word from Latin crēdēns →Every word from Latin crēdentia →