Expressing approval, admiration, or gratitude for someone's actions or qualities.
From Old French 'preisier' meaning 'to prize or value,' with roots in Latin 'pretium' meaning 'price.' The word originally meant 'to set a price on' or 'to value.'
When you praise someone, you're literally 'setting their price'—the word once meant determining value, so giving praise is ancient speak for saying 'you're worth something special.'
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