Where does “treasure” come from?

Treasure comes from Old French tresor, from Latin thesaurus, from Ancient Greek θησαυρός meaning a store or repository.

treasure (English): A collection of valuable things; accumulated...

Definitions

  1. A collection of valuable things; accumulated...

Ancestry of “treasure”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishtresourSomething or someone of great value
2Old Frenchtresortreasure
3Latinthēsaurustreasure, hoard
4Ancient Greekθησαυρόςtreasure; vault, repository, chest
5Ancient GreekτίθημιI put, place, set; I make, cause to be; I make
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “treasure”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Ancient Greek τίθημι →Every word from Ancient Greek θησαυρός →