Appraisal
/əˈpreɪzəl/noun
An estimate of the value, quality, or worth of something.
Did you know?Appraisal comes from the same French root as “price,” so every time you appraise something, you’re participating in an ancient act of assigning value to the world.
Etymological Timeline
Old French
OF
apreisier
“to value, estimate, set a price on”
Late Latin
LL
appretiare
“to value, set a price on”
Latin
LA
pretium
“price, value, worth”
Middle English
ME
apreisen
“to estimate the value of”
18th Century
English
appraisal
“an act of estimating value”
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