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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Ulpian|origins=ine-pro *ḱred-dʰeh₁-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈkreː.dɪ.triːks]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈkrɛː.di.triks]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''crēditrīx''' ''f'' (genitive crēditrīcis, masculine crēditor); third declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|crēdō|-trīx|t1=to lend, entrust]], the feminine of [[crēditor]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) 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==
+ Its earliest source is the jurist Ulpian, in the Digest.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Ulpian before 223 AD.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant a female creditor, a term of the jurists.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It survives in Italian ''creditrice''.^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * before 223 AD – Ulpian uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A female [[m|en|creditor]].^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[crēditor]]
+ * [[crēdō]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}