Appraise
/əˈpreɪz/noun
To estimate the value, quality, or worth of something.
Did you know?Appraise comes through Old French from Latin pretium, “price” — the same root behind words tied to value, reward, and pay, where “worth” was literally something counted out.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*per-
“to traffic, to buy and sell”
Latin
Latin
pretium
“price, value, reward”
Old French
Old French
aprecier
“to value, estimate”
Middle English
English
apprisen
“to value, assess”
Modern English
English
appraise
“to estimate the worth of something”
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