Believe began as the Old High German word gilobian, a cognate of believe. Old English combined the prefix "be-" with the word "leof", which originally meant dear of love. Leof became l?fan and lefan, meaning to allow or believe. Nearing the end of the 1000s, "belefan" became the common usage. Beleven was the common Middle English usage before current English developed the word into “believe” in the late 1600s.
The understanding of the idea of belief is one of the oldest concepts understood by humans. Dating back to the times of ancient Greece, the Greeks used the word pisteuo, which meant more than just to believe, even more so entrust and put your faith in.
As a written text, believe is most commonly found in religious contexts, though by the mid-to-late 1600s, it began being used in more general contexts, like cited in the Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey in the early 19th century. The direct quote is “There was a time when I believed in the persuadibility of man, and had the mania of man-mending".
Cornell football has begun putting some of the pieces together, getting closer to playing a complete game. Another step in getting towards that next level is believing, not only in one another but also in themselves.
