Where does “appreciate” come from?
Appreciate comes from Medieval Latin appreciatus, from Late Latin appretiatus, combining Latin ad- with pretium meaning "price," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ád and h₂éd.
appreciate (English): To be grateful or thankful for; To view as...
Definitions
- To be grateful or thankful for; To view as...
Ancestry of “appreciate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Medieval Latin | appreciatus | valued or appraised |
| 2 | Late Latin | appretiatus | appraised; valued, appraised, rated; purchased |
| 3 | Latin | appretio | I value or estimate at a price, appraise, rate; I... |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 6 | Latin | în | — |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “appreciate”