"to praise" in seven languages
Meaningto praise
Spanish
/alaˈbaɾ/
other source · Late Latin ALAPĀRĪ 'to boast' (DLE); the origin is debated
French
/lwe/
inherited
Homonym of louer 'to rent', from LOCĀRE.
Italian
/loˈdare/
inherited
Portuguese
/eloʒiˈah/
other source · elogio 'praise', from Latin ĒLOGIUM 'inscription' (learned)
Louvar, the inherited heir of LAUDĀRE, is used mostly of God.
Romanian
/ləuˈda/
inherited
Catalan
/əluʒiˈa/
other source · elogi 'praise', from Latin ĒLOGIUM 'inscription' (learned)
Lloar, from LAUDĀRE (initial L- → ll-), belongs to a more formal style.
English
/pɹeɪz/
other source · Old French preisier, from Latin PRETIĀRE 'to value'
The Latin ancestor
LAUDĀRE‘to praise’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
LAUDĀRE turned its AU into o (lodare, louer), and French also lost the d, colliding with louer 'to rent'. English praise is the cousin of price and prize, all from PRETIUM 'value'.
English relatives: laud, laudable
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In a sentence
- esLa profesora alabó su trabajo.
- frLe professeur a loué son travail.
- itL'insegnante ha lodato il suo lavoro.
- ptO professor elogiou o trabalho dela.
- roProfesoara i-a lăudat lucrarea.
- caLa professora va elogiar la seva feina.
- enThe teacher praised her work.