précieux

French

adj

Definitions

precious

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

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

pretiose Latin
pretiosus Latin
pretium Latin
pretiōsus Latin
prezioso Italian
precioso Spanish, Castilian
precios Old French
precius Old French
preciós Catalan, Valencian
preț Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
prețios Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
precioso Old Portuguese