praise
English
/pɹeɪz/
noun
Definitions
- commendation; favourable representation in words
- worship
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English preisen, praisen borrowed from Old French preisier, proisier (value, prize) derived from Latin pretiō (valuate, appraise).
Origin
Latin
pretiō
Gloss
valuate, appraise
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bepraise English
- harry English
- herye English
- mispraise English
- overpraise English
- praisable English
- praisably English
- praiseful English
- praisefully English
- praiseless English
- praiselessness English
- praisement English
- praiser English
- praisesome English
- praisest English
- praiseth English
- praiseworthily English
- praiseworthiness English
- praiseworthy English
- roose English
- rosen English
- self-praise English
- superpraise English
- underpraise English
- unpraiseworthy English
- impretiabilis Latin
- pretiator Latin
- pretiō Latin
- *hazjaną Proto-Germanic
- *hrōþsōną Proto-Germanic
- *lubą Proto-Germanic
- *lubōną Proto-Germanic
- geherian Old English
- herian Old English
- herigendlic Old English
- herung Old English
- herġian Old English
- lof Old English
- lofdæd Old English
- lofian Old English
- rōsen Old English
- widherian Old English
- hereword Middle English
- herien Middle English
- heryen Middle English
- lof Middle English
- lofe Middle English
- preisen, praisen Middle English
- rosen Middle English
- hrósa Old Norse
- preisier, proisier Old French
- priser Old French