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credo.

to believe, to trust in, to give credence to

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈkreː.doː]Classical-Latin[ˈkrɛː.do]
  1. to believe, to trust in, to give credence to

    conjugation-3 · with-accusative · with-dative
  2. to confide in, have confidence in

    conjugation-3
  3. to think, imagine, suppose, assume

    conjugation-3
  4. to commit or consign something to one for preservation, protection, etc., to entrust to one

    conjugation-3
  5. to lend, to loan

    conjugation-3
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Italic *krezðō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱred-dʰeh₁-ti (“to place one's heart, i.e. to trust, believe”), compound phrase of oblique case form of *ḱḗr (“heart”) (whence also Latin cor) and *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”) (whence -dō (“put”)). Cognates include Sanskrit श्रद्दधाति (śraddadhāti, “to trust, believe”) and Old Irish creitid (“believes”, verb).

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