prestige
English
/pɹɛsˈti(d)ʒ/, /ˈpɹɛstɪdʒ/
noun
Definitions
- The quality of how good the reputation of something or someone is, how favourably something or someone is regarded.
- (obsolete) Delusion; illusion; trick.
Etymology
Borrowed from French prestige (fascination, enchantment, prestige, illusion) derived from Latin praestigium (an illusion, a delusion).
Origin
Latin
praestigium
Gloss
an illusion, a delusion
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- nonprestige English
- prestigeful English
- prestigeless English
- prestigelessness English
- prestiisi Finnish
- praestigium Latin
- Prestige German
- prestigio Italian
- prestige Dutch, Flemish
- prestige French
- престиж Russian
- prestigio Spanish, Castilian
- prestisje Norwegian Bokmål
- prestígio Portuguese
- prestige Swedish
- prestiż Polish
- prestisje Norwegian Nynorsk
- prestiž Czech
- prestiž Serbo-Croatian
- престиж Serbo-Croatian
- prestigi Catalan, Valencian