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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la crēdō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [kreːˈdɪ.bɪ.lɪs]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [kreˈdiː.bi.lis]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''crēdibilis''' (neuter crēdibile, adverb crēdibiliter); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[crēdō]] “to believe” with the suffix [[-bilis]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's first citation is Plautus.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant capable of being believed, credible, conceivable, with ''crēdibile est'' “it is credible that”, as in Terence and Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Cicero defines the credible as what is confirmed by the hearer's opinion without a witness.^(Lewis & Short 1879) It also meant worthy of belief, plausible, of speech, as in Livy, and of suppositions probable.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Ecclesiastical and Medieval Latin it meant trustworthy, worthy of belief.^(Stelten 1995)^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''credevole'' and Portuguese ''crível'', and French ''crédible''.^(Wiktionary) [[en|credible]] was borrowed in the late 14th century, and [[en|incredible]] comes from its negative ''incrēdibilis''.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses ''crēdibile est''.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero defines the credible.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English ''credible'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Adjective===
+ # [[m|en|Credible]], conceivable.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Plausible, convincing.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Probable, likely.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Trustworthy.^(DMLBS)^(Niermeyer 1976)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[incrēdibilis]]
+ * [[crēdibilitās]]
+ * [[crēdibiliter]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[crēditor]]
+ * [[crēditrīx]]
+ * [[crēditum]]
+ * [[crēdō]]
+ * [[crēdulitās]]
+ * [[crēdulus]]
+ * [[incrēdibilitās]]
+ * [[incrēdibiliter]]
+ * [[incrēditus]]
+ * [[incrēdulitās]]
+ * [[en|credible]]
+ * [[en|incredible]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}