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What does the latin rood word cred mean?

The root "cred" comes from the verb "credere" which means "to believe, trust."


What is the root word for gullible?

The root word of credulous is "cred" as in credit and credible.


What is the root word of qualification?

The root word is "cred," which is also found in "credit" and "credible." It's associate with trust or reliance.


How is 'cred-' used as a root word?

The root syllable 'cred-' is the basis for the verb credere, which means 'to believe, to trust'. It also is the basis for the adjective credibilis, which means 'worthy to be believed'. And it's the basis for another adjective, credulus, which means 'believing easily'.


What is the root word of function?

Good that you thought of it... unfortunately there is no root word of function... because if you think of it for a long time... function is word...so there's no word go with function, so, if you say functional, the root or base word is function. :):


What is the meaning of the Greek Latin root word 'cred-'?

The syllable 'cred-' is the root of 'credo'. The verb 'credo' is the first person singular form of the present indicative. It means 'I believe'. Its form in the infinitive is 'credere'.


What is the meaning of the latin root cred?

belief


Is the root cred greek or latin?

Assuming you mean cred- as in incredible, credibility, etc., it comes from the Latin word credere (to believe).


What is the root word of incredible?

The Latin word 'credo' is the root, which means 'I believe'. Hence 'credible' means believable and 'incredible' negates it and means unbelievable. Likewise 'credibly' and 'incredibly' have the same root and mean believably and unbelievably.


What Words contain the root cred?

credence credit credulous credonkulous


What is the definition of the latin root cred?

To believeSome examples of words using this root are:creed: something you believe inincredible: unbelievableincredulous: Not believing is something; skepticalcredible: believable


Words with the root word-cred-?

credendum, credence, credential, credenza, credibility, credible, credibly, credit, credulity, credulous, incredibility, incredible, incredulous, incredulity