Where does “price” come from?

Price comes from French prix, from German Preis, from Latin pretium meaning "value or cost," ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root gʰed- meaning "to seize or grasp."

price (English): The cost required to gain possession of...

Definitions

The cost required to gain possession of...

Ancestry of “price”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	prix	prize; price
2	Old French	pris	price; esteem; reputation; past participle of...
3	Latin	pretium	worth, price, value, cost; pay, hire, wage,...
4	Proto-Italic	pretjom	—
5	Proto-Indo-European	per-	before, in front; first; to go through
6	Proto-Indo-European	pr̥tós	passed , crossed

Words derived from “price”

priceless
pricey
nonprice
underprice
pricy
reprice
overprice
pricelessness
pricer
midprice
pricelessly
pricewise
misprice
outprice
priciness
priceable
unpriceable
preprice
priceworthy
priceth
pris
half-price
priceyness
pricily

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →

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