Where does “acreditável” come from?
acreditável (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese acreditar, from Portuguese crédito, from Italian credito, from Latin crēditum, from Latin crēdō, from Proto-Italic krezdō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱréddʰh₁eti, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰh₁eti — to do, put, place.
acreditável (Portuguese): believable
Definitions
- believable
Ancestry of “acreditável”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | acreditar | to believe in; to believe in/that; to believe... |
| 2 | Portuguese | crédito | credit |
| 3 | Italian | credito | credit |
| 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 |