Etymograph

English

credobaptism

Credobaptism comes from Latin credo ‘to believe’, and goes back to 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 CEcredo2‘to believe’
  4. Englishtodaycredobaptism2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

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

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 CEcredoWiktionary, English credobaptism‘to believe’
  4. EnglishtodaycredobaptismWiktionary, English credobaptism

Linked words

through Proto-Italic *krezðō ‘to believe’

credited, creditor, accredit, 5 more

through Latin credo ‘to believe’

credit, incredible, credibility, credible, creed, credence, incredulous, incredulity, credulity, credulous, 8 more

Today it means

noun Practice of the credobaptists; belief that baptism is only to be administered to those who profess their faith.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “credobaptism”; 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 / credobaptism

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