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Where does “prestiž” come from?

prestiž (Serbo-Croatian) comes from French prestige, from Latin praestigium — delusion, illusion; magic trick.

prestiž (Serbo-Croatian): prestige

Definitions

  1. prestige

Ancestry of “prestiž”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchprestigeprestige
2Latinpraestigiumdelusion, illusion; magic trick
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