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

Etymograph / Latin pretium