Where does “appreciative” come from?
Appreciative comes from English appreciate, from Anglo-Norman -if, from Latin -īvus, combined with Latin pretium (price, value) and Latin ad- (toward), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ád and h₂éd (to eat).
appreciative (English): Showing appreciation or gratitude; Capable of...
Definitions
- Showing appreciation or gratitude; Capable of...
Ancestry of “appreciative”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | appreciate | To be grateful or thankful for; To view as... |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | appreciatus | valued or appraised |
| 3 | Late Latin | appretiatus | appraised; valued, appraised, rated; purchased |
| 4 | Latin | appretio | I value or estimate at a price, appraise, rate; I... |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |