appreciation
/əˌpɹiʃiˈeɪʃən/uh-pree-shee-AY-shuhn
/əˌpɹiʃiˈeɪʃən/uh-pree-shee-AY-shuhn
Meaningthe act of appreciating
Common meaning: recognising value
Other meanings: gratitude; a rise in value
- apto, towards (form of ad-)
- preciworth, priceLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1442 · scan
- atverb or adjective ending: to make, having
- ionnoun ending: act or result
‘to, towards (form of ad-)’ + ‘worth, price’ → appreciation
Journey through time
- Proto-Indo-European*par-‘be busy, to barter’source
- Latinpretium‘worth, price’
- Englishappreciate‘to value’
- Englishformed in English from appreciateappreciation‘recognising value’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Formed in English from appreciate + -ion.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), APPRECIATE, p.30 · scan
Roots
- pretium Latin “worth, price”
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