cred
to believe, trust
Latin · credere / creditus
Latin credere 'to believe, trust'. Cred words are about belief and trust: credible is believable, credit is trust in someone to repay, credulous is too ready to believe, discredit takes trust away.
Memory trick
CREDit card = TRUST: the bank believes you will pay it back.
Words from this root
- credit (credit) — trust; praise; borrowed moneyश्रेय, उधार
- creditable (credit + able) — deserving praiseसराहनीय
- creditor (credit + or) — person to whom money is owedलेनदार
- credible (cred + ible) — believableविश्वसनीय
- incredible (in + cred + ible) — too amazing to believeअविश्वसनीय
- credence (cred + ence) — belief or acceptanceविश्वास, मान्यता
- credulous (cred + ulous) — too ready to believeभोला, जल्दी यक़ीन करने वाला
- credulousness (credulous + ness) — gullibilityभोलापन
- discredit (dis + credit) — to harm trust in someoneसाख गिराना
- discreditable (discredit + able) — bringing shameशर्मनाक
- accredit (ac + credit) — to officially recogniseमान्यता देना
- accreditation (accredit + ation) — official recognitionमान्यता, प्रत्यायन
- credo (credo) — a statement of beliefमान्यता, आस्था वचन