| 【cred】 is word-forming element usually meaning "believe, trust, creed" from Latin "credere, creditus, credulus" from PIE *kerd- "heart" |
[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "cred"]
credibility **[4242] If someone or something has credibility, people believe in them and trust them.
credit ****[1029] If you are allowed credit, you are allowed to pay for goods or services several weeks or months after you have received them.
credulity ☆[5334] Credulity is a willingness to believe that something is real or true.
grant ****[1390] A grant is an amount of money that a government or other institution gives to an individual or to an organization for a particular purpose such as education or home improvements.
incredible ***[2187] If you describe something or someone as incredible, you like them very much or are impressed by them, because they are extremely or unusually good.
incredibly ***[2404] incredible + ly
[WORD ROOT]root cred
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] cred, creed, credit, credul, credo, grant
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Latin) credere, creditus, credulus
[MEANING]root believe, trust, creed
【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】
- 【Latin】 credere to trust, entrust, believe
- 【Latin】 creditus pp.of credere;
- 【Latin】 credulus that easily believes, trustful
Please see the Word information in detail as follows;
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credibility ★★[4242] noun from credit 〈 cred
【DEFINITION】 If someone or something has credibility, people believe in them and trust them.
【pl.】 UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
【ROOTs】 ⑴ cred; believe, trust ⑵ ibil(able); adjective suffix ⑶ ity; noun suffix
【Etymology】 《Latin credere》 to trust, entrust, believe
【First Known Meaning】 quality of being credible, capacity or condition of being believed, just claim to credit,
【DERIVATIVEs】 credible, credibleness, credibly, credibility
credit ★★★★[1029] noun from credit 〈 cred
【DEFINITION】 If you are allowed credit, you are allowed to pay for goods or services several weeks or months after you have received them.
【pl.】 credits
【SYNONYM】 tick
【ANTONYM】 debit
【ROOTs】 credit(cred); believe, trust
【Etymology】 《Latin credere》 to trust, entrust, believe
【First Known Meaning】 belief, faith
【DERIVATIVEs】 creditless, credit
credulity ☆[5334] noun from credulous 〈 cred
【DEFINITION】 Credulity is a willingness to believe that something is real or true.
【pl.】 UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
【ROOTs】 ⑴ credul(cred); trustful ⑵ ity; noun suffix
【Etymology】 《Latin credere》 to trust, entrust, believe
【First Known Meaning】 faith, belief
【DERIVATIVEs】 credulity, credulous, credulously, credulousness
grant ★★★★[1390] noun from grant 〈 cred
【DEFINITION】 A grant is an amount of money that a government or other institution gives to an individual or to an organization for a particular purpose such as education or home improvements.
【pl.】 grants
【ROOTs】 grant(cred); believe, trust, creed
【Etymology】 《Latin credens》 [nominative of credentem, ppr of credere]
【First Known Meaning】 something granted; authoritative bestowal of a privilege, etc.
【DERIVATIVEs】 grantable, granter, grant
incredible ★★★[2187] adjective from credit 〈 cred
【DEFINITION】 If you describe something or someone as incredible, you like them very much or are impressed by them, because they are extremely or unusually good.
【SYNONYM】 unbelievable, amazing, extraordinary
【ANTONYM】 credible
【COMPOSITION】 in + credible
【ROOTs】 ⑴ in; not ⑵ cred; belief ⑶ ible(able); adjective suffix
【Etymology】 《Latin credere》 to trust, entrust, believe
【First Known Meaning】 unbelievable, surpassing belief as to what is possible
【DERIVATIVEs】 incredibility, incredibleness, incredibly, incredible
incredibly ★★★[2404] adverb from credit 〈 cred
【DEFINITION】 incredible + ly
【SYNONYM】 unbelievably
【COMPOSITION】 incredible + ly
【ROOTs】 ⑴ in; not ⑵ cred; believe, trust ⑶ ibl(able); adjective suffix ⑷ y(ly); suffix
【Etymology】 《Latin credere》 to trust, entrust, believe
【DERIVATIVEs】 incredibility, incredibleness, incredibly, incredible
Other words containing "cred"; accredit, accreditable, accreditation, accreditment, cred, credal, credence, credential, credentials, credible, credibleness, credibly, creditable, creditor, credo, credulous, creed, discredit, grantable, granted, granter, incredulous, miscreant, recreant
(※ Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the theorized common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages.)
【OTHER ROOTs; 】
cre-
cracy-
cover
count
corp-, corpor-
cord-, cor-
contra-, contro-
commun-, comun-
come
color
