croire
Old French
verb
Definitions
- to believe
- (reflexive) to think oneself (to be)
Etymology
Inherited from Latin crēdere.
Origin
Latin
crēdere
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- crēdere Latin
- credere Italian
- mécroire French
- creer Spanish, Castilian
- *ḱred dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- creire Old French
- mescroire Old French
- recroire Old French
- crede Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- creer Old Portuguese
- *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
- crêre Franco-Provençal