Latin
pretium
‘price, value’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin pretium.
7 English words in this record descend from Latin pretium, most familiar first.
- price ← pris
- prize ← prysen ← priser ← pris
- precious ← pretiōsus
- praise ← praisen ← proisier ← pretiō
- prix ← pris
- depreciation ← déprécier ← dēpretiō
- appraise ← apreisen ← aprisier ← appretiare
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Etymograph / Latin pretium