Latin

crēdō

‘loan, entrust’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin crēdō.

19 English words in this record descend from Latin crēdō, most familiar first.

• credit ← crēditum
• incredible ← incrēdibilis ← crēdibilis
• credibility ← crédibilité ← credibilitas ← credibilis
• credited
• credible ← crēdibilis
• creed ← crede ← crēda
• creditor ← creditour ← creditour ← crēditum ← crēditus
• credence ← crēdentia ← crēdēns
• incredulous ← incrēdulus ← crēdulus
• credo
• incredulity ← incredulite ← incredulité ← incredulitas ← incredulus
• credulity ← credulite ← credulité ← crēdulitās ← crēdulus

More words from crēdō

• credulous
• accredit
• credenza
• incredibility
• credophile
• creditrix
• credobaptism

Etymograph / Latin crēdō