precius

Old French

adj

Definitions

precious (of great value)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pretiōsus (of great value, precious, dear, costly).

Origin

Latin

pretiōsus

Gloss

of great value, precious, dear, costly

Concept

Semantic Field

Emotions and values

Ontological Category

Property

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

pretiose Latin
pretiōsus Latin
prezioso Italian
précieux French
precioso Spanish, Castilian
precios Old French
precioso Old Portuguese

precios