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Where does “pris” come from?

pris (French) comes from Old French pris, from Latin pretium, from Proto-Italic pretjom, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

pris (French): taken; first-person singular past historic of...

Definitions

  1. taken; first-person singular past historic of...

Ancestry of “pris”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchprisprice; esteem; reputation; past participle of...
2Latinpretiumworth, price, value, cost; pay, hire, wage,...
3Proto-Italicpretjom—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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