prestige

Mane (Îngilîzî)

Pircarînî

C2
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/pɹɛsˈtiːd͡ʒ/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

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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