English → Latin
“credibility” in Latin
fidēsfaith; belief (belief without empirical evidence, direct experience, or observation); reliance (act of relying on or truauctōritāscredibility, prestige, reputation, importance; influence, weight, personal weight; power, ability, authorityprobābilitāsprobability; credibilityaddōto add; to put, place, lay a person or thing to another; to acquireafferōto carry forth; to bring forth; conduct; to bring, bear, convey or carry information, report, announce, inform, publish,
The English word credibility itself goes back to Latin crēdō, through credibilitas.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
credibility
fides: auctoritas (the credibility it derives from a sufficient voucher): probabilitas (Cic., 4 Acad., 75 = verisimilitudo): to establish the credibility of anything, credibile aliquid facere; fidem alicui rei facere, addere, or afferre (of things that cause anything to be believed): to prove the credibility of anything to anybody’s satisfaction, alicui aliquid or de aliqua re probare [☞ not credibile aliquid alicui facere, though credibile aliquid facere is correct, Krebs]: the supposed credibility of dreams is done away with, tollitur auctoritas somniorum (Cic.): not to overstep the bounds of credibility in anything, veritatis fidem servare in re: to lose their credibility, fidem amittere (of words, etc.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for credibility?
- The usual Latin words for “credibility” are fidēs, auctōritās, probābilitās; also addō, afferō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.