prestige
/pɹesˈtiʒ/preh-STEEZH
/pɹɛsˈtiʒ/preh-STEEZH
Meaninga deception, illusion
Common meaning: high standing
- prestigea deception, illusionSkeat, Concise Etymological Dictionary (1911), p. 410 · scan
Journey through time
- Aryan root · reconstructed√STIG‘stick or pierce, to sting, prick’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 428, p. 745 · scan
- Latinpraestigium‘a deception’source
- Frenchmeaning shiftsa deception → an illusionprestige‘an illusion’source
- Englishmeaning shiftsan illusion → high standingprestige‘high standing’ · 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
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin praestigium ‘a deception, illusion’.
Roots
- praestigium Latin “a deception, illusion”
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