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Incredible

3 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means so extraordinary that it is difficult to believe
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Stage 1 of 3
credere
Latin · ancient
"to believe, to trust"
to believe, to trust, combined with in- (not)
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Stage 2 of 3
incredibilis
Latin · ancient
"not able to be believed"
not able to be believed, from in- and credibilis
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Stage 3 of 3
incredible
English · 1400s
"impossible or very hard to believe"
settled as the English word for something impossible or hard to believe
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