Etymology Word of the Week – As some of you know, in addition to working in the Admissions Office, I also teach Latin at Saint Ignatius and am something of a "word nerd." Thus, each week, I’ll sneak a vocabulary word (sometimes derived from Latin, sometimes not) into the e-blast. Here, then, is this week’s edition of the
Etymology Word of the Week.
Appreciate - "to esteem or regard highly; to increase in value.” From the Latin verb appretiare meaning “to estimate, to set a price for” by way of the Latin preposition ad meaning “to, for” and the Latin noun pretium meaning “price, value, worth.” (All information is from
www.wikipedia.org,
www.etymonline.com and/or
www.dictionary.com).
RELATED WORDS/PHRASES – depreciate, precious, praise, appraise
SAMPLE SENTENCE - “The Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays really make you appreciate what you have and not worry so much about what you may not have.”
FINISH THE PHRASE - Measure twice, ...
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Answer: ...cut once.