
French word croire comes from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-, Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥d-, and later Proto-Italic *krezdō (To believe.)
*dʰeh₁- (Proto-Indo-European)
*ḱr̥d- (Proto-Indo-European)
*ḱred dʰeh₁- (Proto-Indo-European)
*krezdō (Proto-Italic)
To believe.
credere (Latin)
creier (Old French)
croire (French)
(reflexive, often followed by an adjective) to think of oneself as, to consider oneself as. To believe in, to have faith in. To believe, to accept as true.