Word part · Latin root
The Latin root cred
Means: believe, or trust.
At a glance
- Part
- cred
- Meaning
- believe, or trust
- Layer
- Latin: Prefixes, suffixes and roots behind many school and book words.
- Also spelled
- credit
Credit keeps the root plus two letters and still carries trust: you give credit to someone you believe.
Example words
Read each word, then its sum: the parts that build it, and what they mean together.
Colors:prefixroot or basesuffix
- cred (root or base)+ible (suffix)→credible
easy to believe
- in (prefix)+cred (root or base)+ible (suffix)→incredible
hard to believe; amazing
- credit (root or base)on its own is the word credit
trust or praise that you earn
- dis (prefix)+credit (root or base)→discredit
make people stop believing in
- credit (root or base)+s (suffix)→credits
names listed to give people praise for their work
- credit (root or base)+ed (suffix)→credited
given praise for something in the past
Original word lists and meanings written by Literacy Trail.
Taught alongside
Parts that share a lesson with cred.
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