"to appreciate" in seven languages
Meaningto appreciate
Spanish
apreciar
/apɾeˈθjaɾ/
learned
French
apprécier
/apʁesje/
learned
Italian
apprezzare
/appretˈtsare/
inherited
Its zz matches prezzo 'price' (from PRETIUM).
Portuguese
apreciar
/apɾesiˈah/
learned
Romanian
aprecia
/apreˈtʃja/
borrowed · French apprécier
Catalan
apreciar
/əpɾəsiˈa/
learned
English
appreciate
/əˈpɹiʃieɪt/
from Latin/French · Late Latin APPRETIĀRE (past participle APPRETIĀTUS)
English → Italianto appreciateapprezzareCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
APPRETIĀRE (Late Latin)‘to set a price on’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
To appreciate was first to put a price on something, from PRETIUM 'price'. The financial sense survives in English 'the house appreciated in value'.
English relatives: price, precious, praise, depreciate
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In a sentence
- esAprecio mucho tu ayuda.
- frJ'apprécie beaucoup votre aide.
- itApprezzo molto il tuo aiuto.
- ptAprecio muito a sua ajuda.
- roApreciez mult ajutorul tău.
- caAprecio molt la teva ajuda.
- enI really appreciate your help.
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