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Brett Paatsch wrote: 
"If anyone can find the etymology of the word 
"belief" or believe" I would be interested." 

In two books on the discourse of "belief" 
published in the late '70s "Believing: 
An Historical Perspective" and "Faith and Belief: 
The Difference Between Them", the late historian 
of comparative religions Wilfred Cantwell Smith 
has demonstrated in detail that ever since the 
sixteenth century, "belief" has been departing 
from its original meaning. The etymology of 
"belief" is actually cognate with "belieben" 
(German: "to hold dear") and with "libido"(Latin). 

FAPP see:
http://www.usatoday.com/graphics/news/gra/gnoreligion/flash.htm