Where does “prise” come from?
prise (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål pris, from Old Norse príss, from Middle Low German prīs, from Old French pris, from Latin pretium, from Proto-Italic pretjom, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
prise (Norwegian Bokmål): to price; to extol, praise, commend, laud,...
Definitions
- to price; to extol, praise, commend, laud,...
Ancestry of “prise”, step by step
prise traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål pris
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | pris | price; a fare; a prize |
| 2 | Old Norse | príss | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | prīs | — |
| 4 | Old French | pris | price; esteem; reputation; past participle of... |
| 5 | Latin | pretium | worth, price, value, cost; pay, hire, wage,... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | pretjom | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Old Norse prísa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | prísa | — |
| 2 | Middle Low German | prisen | — |
| 3 | Old French | priser | to set a price or value on, esteem, value |
| 4 | Latin | pretiō | to esteem, prize, value hold in high regard, consider valuable |
| 5 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |