croire
French
verb
Definitions
- to believe, to accept as true
- to believe in, to have faith in
- (reflexive) to think of oneself as, to consider oneself as
Etymology
Inherited from Old French creire 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
- crēdere, credo Latin
- crēdēns Latin
- crēdō Latin
- credenza Italian
- credere Italian
- miscredere Italian
- ricredere Italian
- scredere Italian
- croyable French
- croyablement French
- incroyable French
- mécroire French
- recroire French
- creer Spanish, Castilian
- *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱred dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱred dʰeh₁-, *ḱréddʰh₁eti Proto-Indo-European
- creire Old French
- croire Old French
- mescroire Old French
- kredebla Esperanto
- kredeble Esperanto
- kredeco Esperanto
- kredema Esperanto
- kredi Esperanto
- kredigi Esperanto
- kredinda Esperanto
- malkredeble Esperanto
- malkredi Esperanto
- malkredulo Esperanto
- nekredebla Esperanto
- nekredeble Esperanto
- nekredema Esperanto
- crede Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- kredar Ido
- craithe Norman
- creire Norman
- creer Old Portuguese
- *kreddīti Proto-Celtic
- creire Occitan
- *krezdō Proto-Italic
- creyer Asturian
- crodi Friulian
- creire Old Occitan
- creer Old Spanish
- crìdiri Sicilian
- crìriri Sicilian
- crédar Venetian
- credro Dalmatian
- kreer Ladino
- קריאיר Ladino
- creyer Aragonese
- crai Louisiana Creole French
- croi Louisiana Creole French
- crêre Franco-Provençal