affidamento

Italian (Fiorentino)

/af.fi.daˈmen.to/

noun
Definitions
  • trust, confidence
  • reliability, dependability, trustworthiness
  • (finance) a bank's granting of a credit line to a customer
  • (law) custody of a child

Etymology

Suffix from Italian affidare (entrust) root from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- (persuade, trust, command, confide with, agree, take trust, be convinced, encourage, constrain).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰeydʰ-

Gloss

persuade, trust, command, confide with, agree, take trust, be convinced, encourage, constrain

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