prestige

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Respect and admiration gained through success, position, or wealth.

   Studying at that university gives students great prestige.

2. 2
   noun

   The level of respect or good reputation that something or someone has.

   The award added to the prestige of her career.

3. 3
   adj

   Having or giving high status; considered the standard or most respected form.

   He spoke the prestige variety of the language used in business.

Simplified etymology

Prestige entered English in the mid-17th century from French, where it meant “illusion” or “glamour,” and ultimately derives from Latin praestigium, “illusion.” Its modern sense of widespread respect developed through the intermediate idea of dazzling influence or glamour.

From French prestige (“illusion, fascination, enchantment, prestige”), from Latin praestīgium (“a delusion, an illusion”). Despite the phonetic similarities and the old meaning of “delusion, illusion, trick”, the word has a different root than prestidigitator (“conjurer”) and prestidigitation.

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