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English word credit comes from Proto-Indo-European *ḱred dʰeh₁-, and later Proto-Italic *krezdō (To believe.)
*ḱred dʰeh₁- (Proto-Indo-European)
to place one's heart, i.e. to trust, believe
*krezdō (Proto-Italic)
To believe.
creditus (Latin)
crédit (Middle French)
credit (English)
(transitive) To acknowledge the contribution of.. (transitive) To believe; to put credence in.. (transitive) To bring honour or repute upon; to do credit to; to raise the estimation of.. (transitive, accounting) To add to an account (confer debit.) (accounting) An addition to certain accounts.. (countable) A course credit, a credit hour – used as measure if enough courses have been taken for [...]