Where does “akredytywa” come from?
akredytywa (Polish) comes from Russian аккредити́в, from German Akkreditiv, from French accréditif, from French accréditer, from French créditer, from French crédit, from Italian credito, from Latin crēditum — to do, put, place.
akredytywa (Polish): letter of credit
Definitions
- letter of credit
Ancestry of “akredytywa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | аккредити́в | letter of credit, bill of credit, letter of undertaking |
| 2 | German | Akkreditiv | accreditive |
| 3 | French | accréditif | letter of credit |
| 4 | French | accréditer | accredit |
| 5 | French | créditer | to credit |
| 6 | French | crédit | credit; course credit |
| 7 | Italian | credito | credit |
| 8 | Latin | crēditum | a loan |
| 9 | Latin | crēdō | to believe, to trust in, to give credence to |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | krezdō | to believe |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱréddʰh₁eti | to believe, trust |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰh₁eti | Forms resultative verbs |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |