Etymograph

English

credited

Credited comes from Latin crēdō ‘to trust in’, from Proto-Italic *krezðō ‘to believe’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱred-dʰeh₁-ti.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱred-dʰeh₁-ti1‘to place one's heart, i.e. to trust, believe’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*krezðō1‘to believe’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcrēdō2as credere‘to trust in’
  4. Englishtodaycredited2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin credo
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English credited

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱred-dʰeh₁-tiWiktionary, Latin credo‘to place one's heart, i.e. to trust, believe’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*krezðōWiktionary, Latin credo‘to believe’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcrēdōWiktionary, English creditedas credere‘to trust in’
  4. EnglishtodaycreditedWiktionary, English credited

Linked words

through Latin crēdō ‘to trust in’

incredible, creed, credence, incredulous, credo, incredulity, credulous, credulity, accredit, 9 more

Today it means

adj Having something attributed to oneself.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “credited”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin credo. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱred-dʰeh₁-ti / credited

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