English
Pretty
Pretty comes from Sanskrit प्रीति ‘any pleasurable sensation, pleasure, joy,…’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *preyH-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*preyH-‘to please’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*préyH-ti-s ~ *priH-téy-sreconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*priHtíš‘pleasurable sensation’reconstructed
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEप्रीतिprīti‘any pleasurable sensation, pleasure, joy, gladness, satisfaction’
- EnglishtodayPretty
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*preyH-‘to please’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*préyH-ti-s ~ *priH-téy-sreconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*priHtíš‘pleasurable sensation’reconstructed
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEप्रीतिprīti‘any pleasurable sensation, pleasure, joy, gladness, satisfaction’
- EnglishtodayPretty
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *preyH- ‘to please’
friend, free, property, improper, fray, frith, impropriety, propriety, 6 more
Today it means
name —
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *preyH- / Pretty