myEtymology.com: English etymology of discredit

Etymology of the English word discredit

the English word discredit

derived from the English word credit

derived from the Old French word credit

derived from the Italian word credito

derived 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-

derived from the English word dis-

using the Latin prefix dis-