Etymology

appraisal

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Today it means: The act or process of developing an opinion of value. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English appraise
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The story

  1. Englishappraise
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  4. English todayappraisal

From appraise + -al.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.