English
appreciate
Appreciate comes from Medieval Latin appreciātus ‘appraised’, from Late Latin appretiātus, participle of appretiō ‘to appraise’, from ad- + pretium ‘price’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpretium‘worth, value, price’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEappretiō‘to value, appraise’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEappretiātus‘appraised’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500appreciātus‘valued or appraised’later variant of appretiātus
- Englishearliest quotation 1809appreciate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpretium‘worth, value, price’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEappretiō‘to value, appraise’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEappretiātus‘appraised’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500appreciātus‘valued or appraised’later variant of appretiātus
- Englishearliest quotation 1809appreciate
Earliest quotation: 1809, David Ramsay, IV. Fiscal history, 1670–1808.: “The sanguine, flattering themselves with the delusive hopes of…”
The story
Originated 1645–55; from Medieval Latin appreciātus (‘valued or appraised’), later variant of Late Latin appretiātus (‘appraised’), the perfect passive participle of appretiō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from a(d) (‘toward’) + preti(um) (‘price’) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix). Latin root also origin of English appraise, which has various Romance cognates; see also precious.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *per-
first, before, far, per, support, further, report, price, fear, practice, opportunity, press, port, primary, private, prior, prime, afford, pre, ford, prize, forth, practical, pregnant, parade, par, praise, privilege, ferry, porch, pardon, interpretation, fare, precious, primitive, pirate, prix, peril, afar, privy, 158 more
Today it means
verb To be grateful or thankful for.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin pretium / appreciate