price

The story

1. Latin · derived frompretium“worth, price, money spent, wages, reward”
2. Old French · derived frompris
3. Middle English · inherited fromprice“price, prize, value, excellence”
4. English todayprice

From Middle English price (“price, prize, value, excellence”), borrowed from Old French pris, preis, from Latin pretium (“worth, price, money spent, wages, reward”); compare praise, precious, appraise, appreciate, depreciate, etc.

Words from the same roots