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Where does “appraise” come from?

Appraise comes from French apprendre (to teach or inform), from Latin ad- (to) and a root meaning to grasp or seize.

appraise (English): To determine the value or worth of something,...

Definitions

  1. To determine the value or worth of something,...

Ancestry of “appraise”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchaprisierapraise, set a price on
2Late Latinappretiarepresent active infinitive of appretiō;...
3Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “appraise”

  • appraisal
  • appraiser
  • reappraisal
  • appraisement
  • reappraise
  • appraisee
  • appraisable
  • misappraisal
  • misappraise
  • reappraiser
  • underappraisal
  • overappraisal
  • e-appraisal
  • appraiseth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →