Where does “price” come from?

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

price (Middle English): price, prize, value, excellence

Definitions

  1. price, prize, value, excellence

Ancestry of “price”, 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

Words derived from “price”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European per- →Every word from Proto-Italic pretjom →
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