creditum Latin · revision 9645

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Livy|origins=ine-pro *ḱred-dʰeh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈkreː.dɪ.tũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈkrɛː.di.tum]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''crēditum''' ''n'' (genitive crēditī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the neuter of [[crēditus]], the perfect passive participle of [[crēdō]] “to entrust, lend, believe”, used as a noun.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) De Vaan traces ⟨crēdō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*krezde/o-]], from [[ine-pro|*ḱred-dʰeh₁-|t=to place the heart, believe]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Livy, who has ''crēditum solvere'' “to pay a debt”.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Livy 59 BC–17 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant what is lent or entrusted, a loan, a debt, as in Livy and Quintilian, and in the jurists of the Digest, as in Ulpian.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ Italian ''credito'', Spanish and Portuguese ''crédito'' and French ''crédit'' are learned borrowings of it.^(Wiktionary) English ''credit'' (1540s, “belief, faith”) came from French ''crédit'', from Italian ''credito'', from this word.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of a debt.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * before 223 AD – Ulpian uses it in law.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1540s – English ''credit'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # What is lent or entrusted; a [[m|en|loan]], [[m|en|debt]].^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[crēdō]]

+ * [[crēditor]]

+ * [[en|credit]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}