creer
Spanish
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to believe
- (transitive) to think, to believe, to reckon, to be of the opinion
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish creer inherited from Latin crēdere inherited from Proto-Italic *krezdō derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱred dʰeh₁- (place one's heart, i.e. to trust, believe).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱred dʰeh₁-
Gloss
place one's heart, i.e. to trust, believe
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Cognates and derived terms
- credo Latin
- credo, crēdō Latin
- crēdere Latin
- crēdēns Latin
- crēdō Latin
- credenza Italian
- credere Italian
- miscredere Italian
- ricredere Italian
- scredere Italian
- croire French
- creencia Spanish, Castilian
- creíble Spanish, Castilian
- *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱred dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱred dʰeh₁-, *ḱréddʰh₁eti Proto-Indo-European
- creire Old French
- croire Old French
- crede Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- creer Old Portuguese
- *kreddīti Proto-Celtic
- *krezdō Proto-Italic
- creyer Asturian
- crodi Friulian
- creire Old Occitan
- creença Old Spanish
- creer Old Spanish
- crìdiri Sicilian
- crìriri Sicilian
- crédar Venetian
- credro Dalmatian
- kreer Ladino
- קריאיר Ladino
- creyer Aragonese
- crêre Franco-Provençal