apprezzare Italian · revision 38217

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=13th century, Patecchio (Cremona)|origins=la pretium}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ap.pretˈt͡sa.re/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''apprezzare''' (first-person singular present apprèzzo, first-person singular past historic apprezzài, past participle apprezzàto, auxiliary avére)^(Wiktionary)

+ Old forms include [[roa-oit|apprezare]], [[roa-oit|appreçare]] and the Sicilian participle ''appreciatu''.^(TLIO) A northern [[roa-oit|apprezar]] is recorded at Ferrara before 1360.^(LEI|3, 337)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|la-lat|appretiō|alt=appretiāre|t=to value, appraise]], a verb formed in Late Latin on [[la|pretium|t=price, value]] with the prefix [[m|la|ad-]].^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(GRADIT 2003) The Late Latin verb is first found in Tertullian, and it was common in the Old Latin Bible, the Vulgate and the later Christian writers.^(LEI|3, 337)^(DEI|258)

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+ The LEI counts the Italian verb and [[rm|appredschar]] of the Engadine as the only popular outcomes of the Late Latin verb.^(LEI|3, 337) [[fr|apprécier]] (from 1391), [[pro|apreciar]], [[ca|apreciar]], [[es|apreciar]] and [[pt|apreciar]] are learned forms of it.^(LEI|3, 337) The Italian ⟨zz⟩ continues the Latin /tj/, as in [[prezzo]].^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ The Latin noun was at first the exchange value of a thing.^(de Vaan 2008) De Vaan derives it from a preposition [[ine-pro|*preti|t=against]], an e-grade beside the [[ine-pro|*proti]] of [[grc|προτί|tr=protí|t=towards]] and [[sa|प्रति|tr=práti|t=against, towards]], and finds no viable alternative.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLIO's first record is in the ''Splanamento'' of Patecchio of Cremona, in the 13th century, with the sense “to fix the price of a thing, to appraise it”.^(TLIO) The LEI dates the sense “to assign a price, value” from 1304, in a translation of Plutarch, and Zingarelli gives 1288.^(LEI|3, 337)^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The figurative sense “to esteem, to recognise the worth of a thing” is recorded from Dante, who uses the verb in the ''Paradiso'' for what God values most.^(DELI 1999)^(LEI|3, 337)^(GDLI) Petrarch applies it to people, valued for their qualities.^(LEI|3, 337) Boccaccio still uses it for setting a price: a sword whose hilt could not easily be valued.^(DELI 1999)^(GDLI) A Tuscan proverb collected in 1853 says that jewels are worth what they are esteemed at (''le gioie valgono quanto s'apprezzano'').^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)^(LEI|3, 337)

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+ The weaker sense “to welcome, to be grateful for” (someone's admiration or attentions) is recorded from Nievo in 1861.^(LEI|3, 337) The original sense of setting a price has become rare.^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Devoto–Oli 2026) In economics the reflexive ''apprezzarsi'' “to gain value”, said of a currency, follows English ''to appreciate'', and ''apprezzamento'' “rise in exchange rate” is recorded from 1974.^(DELI 1999)^(Zingarelli 2010) Medicine uses the verb for detecting a sign in an examination.^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 13th century – Patecchio of Cremona uses the verb for appraising.^(TLIO)

+ * 1304 – A translation of Plutarch uses it for fixing a price.^(LEI|3, 337)

+ * Before 1321 – Dante uses it for esteeming.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1353 – Boccaccio uses it for setting a price.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1374 – Petrarch applies it to people.^(LEI|3, 337)

+ * 16th century – ''Apprezzabile'' and ''apprezzamento'' appear in Lorenzo Giacomini.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1861 – Nievo uses it for welcoming someone's admiration.^(LEI|3, 337)

+ * 1974 – ''Apprezzamento'' is used for the rise of a currency, after English.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|esteem]], to value someone or something for their qualities: ''Tutti la apprezzano per la sua onestà.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # To [[m|en|appreciate]], to welcome and be grateful for: ''Ho apprezzato molto il tuo aiuto.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # ''(rare)'' To fix the price of something, to [[m|en|appraise]] it.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # ''(medicine)'' To detect a sign in an examination.^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # ''(economics; reflexive)'' ''apprezzarsi'': to rise in value, of a currency or other asset: ''Il franco si è apprezzato sull'euro.''^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Treccani 2011)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[apprezzabile]]

+ * [[apprezzamento]]

+ * [[apprezzatore]]

+ * [[apprezzativo]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[prezzo]]

+ * [[pregio]]

+ * [[disprezzare]]

+ * [[deprezzare]]

+ * [[la|pretium]]

+ * [[fr|apprécier]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}