Etymograph

English

creditrix

Creditrix comes from Latin crēditrīx ‘a female creditor’, from crēdō ‘to loan, to lend’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱred-dʰeh₁-ti ‘to place one's heart, i.e. to trust, believe’.

  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 CEcrēdō2‘to loan, to lend’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcrēditrīx3‘a female creditor’
  5. Englishtodaycreditrix3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin credo
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin creditrix
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English creditrix

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, Latin creditrix‘to loan, to lend’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcrēditrīxWiktionary, English creditrix‘a female creditor’
  5. EnglishtodaycreditrixWiktionary, English creditrix

Linked words

through Latin crēdō ‘to loan, to lend’

incredible, credibility, creed, credence, incredulous, credo, incredulity, credulous, credulity, accredit, 8 more

Today it means

noun A female creditor.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “creditrix”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin credo, Latin creditrix. 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 / creditrix

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