Where does “creer” come from?
creer (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish creer, from Latin crēdō, from Proto-Italic krezdō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱréddʰh₁eti, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰh₁eti, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.
creer (Spanish): to believe; to think, to believe, to reckon, to...
Definitions
- to believe; to think, to believe, to reckon, to...
Ancestry of “creer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Spanish | creer | — |
| 2 | Latin | crēdō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | krezdō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱréddʰh₁eti | to believe, trust |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰh₁eti | Forms resultative verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |
Words derived from “creer”