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- Proto-Indo-European*ḱerd-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱḗr
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱérddʰeh₁ti
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱréddʰeh₁ti
- Proto-Italic*kresdō
- Latincrēdō
- Old Frenchcredo
- Middle Englishcredo
- Englishcredo
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷeh₂bʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷh₂bʰyéti
- Proto-Hellenic*gʷápt͏̌ō
- Ancient Greekβάπτω (báptō)
- Ancient Greekβᾰπτῐ́ζω (băptĭ́zō)
- Ancient Greekβαπτιστής (baptistḗs)
- Latinbaptista
- Old Frenchbaptiste
- Middle Englishbaptiste
- Englishbaptist
- English todaycredobaptist
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.