Etymology of the French word crédit

Date

The earliest known usage of crédit in French dates from the 15th century.

Derivations in French

créditer, décréditer, discréditer, crédirentier, accréditer, eurocrédit

Derivations in other languages

Romanian credit

Cognates

Dutch krediet, English credit, German Kredit, Italian credito, Lithuanian kreditas, Norwegian kreditt, Polish kredyt, Russian кредит, Swedish kredit