debt
English
/dɛt/
noun
Definitions
- An action, state of mind, or object one has an obligation to perform for another, adopt toward another, or give to another.
- The state or condition of owing something to another.
- Money that one person or entity owes or is required to pay to another, generally as a result of a loan or other financial transaction.
- (legal) An action at law to recover a certain specified sum of money alleged to be due.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English dette derived from Old French dete derived from Latin dēbita, dēbitum (a debt, what is owed, a duty, debt) root from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- (take, grab, hold).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʰeh₁bʰ-
Gloss
take, grab, hold
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antidebt English
- debt-free English
- debt-ridden English
- debted English
- debtee English
- debtholder English
- debtless English
- debtlessness English
- debtlike English
- holder English
- megadebt English
- nondebt English
- robo-debt English
- debita Latin
- debitum Latin
- duo Latin
- dēbita Latin
- dēbitum Latin
- dēbēre Latin
- exhibitus Latin
- habilis Latin
- habilitās Latin
- habitus Latin
- inhibitus Latin
- prohibeo Latin
- dette French
- devoir French
- débit French
- endetter French
- débito Spanish, Castilian
- *(s)kep- Proto-Indo-European
- *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰeh₁bʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰh₁bʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- débito Portuguese
- gafeluc Old English
- dette Middle English
- dettour Middle English
- detty Middle English
- dout Middle English
- gabháil Irish
- dete Old French
- devoir Old French
- doute Old French
- débeda Galician
- գօտի Old Armenian
- argaib Old Irish
- congaib Old Irish
- fo·gaib Old Irish
- foácaib Old Irish
- gabul Old Irish
- indocbál Old Irish
- turcbál Old Irish
- dette Norman
- debet Middle French
- debte Middle French
- divida Old Portuguese
- *gabaglā Proto-Celtic
- *gablā Proto-Celtic
- *gabyeti Proto-Celtic
- *wereti Proto-Celtic
- *habēō Proto-Italic
- devda Ladino
- dèt Antillean Creole