Price
/praɪs/noun
The amount of money required to buy something; the cost or value assigned to something.
Did you know?Price comes through Old French from Latin *pretium*, a word tied to the ancient idea of worth, reward, and compensation — the same root behind *appraise* and *appreciate*.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*per-
“to traffic, to sell”
Latin
Latin
pretium
“price, value, reward, compensation”
Old French
Old French
pris
“price, value, worth”
Middle English
English
prise
“price, value, worth”
Modern English
English
price
“the amount of money asked or paid for something”
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