Where does “prices” come from?
prices (English) comes from English price, from French prix, from Old French pris, from Latin pretium, from Proto-Italic pretjom, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
prices (English): plural of price; Third-person singular simple...
Definitions
- plural of price; Third-person singular simple...
Ancestry of “prices”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | price | The cost required to gain possession of... |
| 2 | French | prix | prize; price |
| 3 | Old French | pris | price; esteem; reputation; past participle of... |
| 4 | Latin | pretium | worth, price, value, cost; pay, hire, wage,... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | pretjom | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |