Where does “creditor” come from?
creditor (Romanian) comes from French créditeur, from Middle French crediteur, from Old French creditor, from Latin crēditor, from Latin crēditum, from Latin crēdō, from Proto-Italic krezdō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱréddʰh₁eti — to do, put, place.
creditor (Romanian): creditor
Definitions
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Ancestry of “creditor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | créditeur | creditor |
| 2 | Middle French | crediteur | creditor |
| 3 | Old French | creditor | — |
| 4 | Latin | crēditor | creditor, lender |
| 5 | Latin | crēditum | a loan |
| 6 | Latin | crēdō | to believe, to trust in, to give credence to |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | krezdō | to believe |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱréddʰh₁eti | to believe, trust |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰh₁eti | Forms resultative verbs |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |