## Meanings
1. Praise or recognition for something you have done.
2. To say that someone is responsible for an achievement.
3. To add an amount of money to an account.
4. A list of the people who helped make a film or program.

## Examples
- She deserves credit for finishing the project on time.
- They were not properly credited in the program.
- We credited your account with $100 for the returned goods.
- The credits rolled at the end of the film.

## Derived Forms
- discredit
- miscredit
- recredit
- uncredit

## Related Forms
- credence
- credential
- credibility
- credible
- creditable
- creditor
- creditworthy
- credo
- creed

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *ḱerd-
- Root: crédit
- Root: crēditum

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French crédit (“belief, trust”), from Latin crēditum (“a loan, credit”), neuter of crēditus, past participle of crēdere (“to believe”). The verb is from the noun. Doublet of shraddha, creed.

## AI Etymology
credit was borrowed from Middle French crédit (“belief, trust”), from Latin crēditum (“a loan, credit”), neuter of crēditus, past participle of crēdere (“to believe”). The verb is from the noun. Doublet of shraddha, creed. The historical chain includes Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd-, Middle French crédit, Latin crēditum. Current senses include Praise or recognition for something you have done and to say that someone is responsible for an achievement. English relatives and later formations include discredit, miscredit, recredit, credence, credential.

## Topics
- Money & Finance

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