"credit (loan, trust)" in seven languages
Meaningcredit (loan, trust)
Spanish
crédito
/ˈkɾedito/
masc.learned
French
crédit
/kʁedi/
masc.learned
Italian
credito
/ˈkredito/
masc.learned
Portuguese
crédito
/ˈkɾɛdʒitu/
masc.learned
Romanian
credit
/ˈkredit/
neut.borrowed · French crédit
Catalan
crèdit
/ˈkɾɛdit/
masc.learned
English
credit
/ˈkɹɛdɪt/
from Latin/French · French crédit, from Latin CREDITUM
English → Italiancredit (loan, trust)creditoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
CREDITUM‘a loan, something entrusted (CRĒDERE 'to believe, to trust')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
To give credit is to believe someone will pay you back: CRĒDERE is the verb behind creer, croire, credere 'to believe'.
English relatives: credible, creed, credulous, credentials
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In a sentence
- esCompraron la casa a crédito.
- frIls ont acheté la maison à crédit.
- itHanno comprato la casa a credito.
- ptEles compraram a casa a crédito.
- roAu cumpărat casa pe credit.
- caVan comprar la casa a crèdit.
- enThey bought the house on credit.
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