Etymology of the English word credit
the English word
creditderived from the Old French word
creditderived from the Italian word
creditoderived from the Latin word
creditum (loan, debt, what is lent)
derived from the Latin word
credere (lend to, make loans, give credit; trust, entrust; commit)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kerd-Date
The earliest known usage of credit in English dates from the 16th century.
Derivations in English
creditable,
discredit,
noncreditCognates
Dutch
krediet, French
crédit, German
Kredit, Italian
credito, Lithuanian
kreditas, Norwegian
kreditt, Polish
kredyt, Russian
кредит, Swedish
kreditUsage
Word found in Modern English
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