Preci

Morpheme

Preci

Type

bound base

Denotation

praise, worth, value, esteem, price, cost

Etymology

Middle English preci-; Old French preci-; Late Latin pretiāre; Latin pretium

Evidence

appreciable, appreciatable, appreciate, appreciated, appreciater, appreciates, appreciating, appreciation, appreciator, depreciate, depreciated, depreciates, depreciating, depreciation, depreciative, depreciator, depreciatory, disappreciate, misappreciate, nondepreciated, nonprecious, preciosity, precious, preciouses, preciously, preciousness, reappreciate, semiprecious, undepreciated, underappreciate

Notes

appreciate and appraise are doublets

See Also

Praise, Prize, Prise, Apprise, Pret(e) [Prete, Pret]