praise
/pˈɹeɪz/PRAYZ
/pˈɹeɪz/PRAYZ
Meaningto price; to value
Common meaning: to speak well of
- praisworth, priceLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1442 · scan
Journey through time
- Aryan root · reconstructed√PAR‘be busy, to barter’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 199, p. 737 · scan
- Latinpretium‘worth, price’
- Old Frenchpreissource
- Middle Englishpreissource
- Englishpraise‘to speak well of’ · today
prais also in: pricepreciousappreciatedepreciate
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
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin pretium ‘worth, price’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry pretium, p. 1442 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry PRAISE, p. 461 · dictionary scan
Roots
- pretium Latin “worth, price”
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