Etymograph

English

prest

Prest comes from Old French prest ‘loan’, from prester ‘to borrow’, and ultimately from Latin stō.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstō
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpraestōas praestāre‘to be preferable, better, coupled with quam’
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400prester‘to borrow’
  4. Old French, derivedc. 842–1400prest‘loan’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1548same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstō
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpraestōas praestāre‘to be preferable, better, coupled with quam’
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400prester‘to borrow’
  4. Old French, derivedc. 842–1400prest‘loan’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1548same form

Earliest quotation: 1548, King Edward VI: “the same tayles soe hereafter there to be levyed…”

Linked words

through Latin stō

stage, station, distance, instance, instant, substance, distant, arrest, extant, distal, oust, obstetric, restive, 24 more

through Middle English prest

priest

Today it means

noun A payment of wages in advance

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin stō / prest

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