DictionaryRoot: aestimare
Latin
aestimare
appraise or judge value
Forms
- aestimare
- aestimat- — The form used for completed action.
- estim- — Later spelling often simplified ae to e.
Origin
An old Latin verb whose deeper formation is uncertain.
Note
Judging worth developed into making an approximate judgment of amount or extent.
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noun / verb
esteem
ih-STEEM/ɪˈstiːm/
Respect or high regard for someone or something.
Etymology
Appraising worth supplied the central idea: esteem first meant value or worth, then came to mean high regard. The selected sense expresses a favorable valuation of someone or something.