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/kˈɹedət/KREH-duht
/kˈɹɛdət/KREH-duht
Meaningtrust
Common meaning: trust
Other meanings: money owed to you
- credto trust, believeLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 479 · scan
- itpast-participle stem ending (from Latin -itum)
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin crēdō ‘to trust, believe’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry crēdō, p. 479 · dictionary scan
Roots
- crēdō, crēdidī, crēditum Latin “to trust, believe”
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