appraise

/əpˈɹeɪz/uh-PRAYZ

/əpˈɹeɪz/uh-PRAYZ

Meaningprice

Common meaning: assess the value of something

apto, towardsSkeat, Concise Etymological Dictionary (1911), p. 22 · scan
praiseprice, valueLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1442 · scan

‘to, towards’ + ‘price, value’ → appraise

Journey through time

ap — Latin ad- “to, towards” (path traced)
praise — Latin pretium “price, value” (path traced)

Parts join in Latin as pretium.

Latinad- + pretium‘to, towards + price, value’source
Latinpretium‘price’source
Old Frenchmeaning shiftsprice → to valuepreisier‘to value’source
Middle Englishapreisen‘value’source
Englishappraise‘assess the value of something’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

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Origin: Built on Latin pretium, which Skeat (Concise Dictionary, 1911) analyses as ad- ‘to, towards’ + pretium ‘price, value’.

Roots

pretium Latin “worth, price”

Related words

appreciate depreciate praise precious price

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