priced
UK[praɪst]US[praɪst]
adj
having a specified price or type of pricing
v
(past tense and past participle of 'price') to set or determine the price of something
Morpheme Breakdown
price
d
price
value
d
past/participle suffix
Etymology
the word 'priced' is the inflected form of the verb 'price', which originates from the noun 'price'. the noun traces back to latin 'pretium', meaning reward, wages, or value, which itself may have proto-indo-european roots relating to barter or compensation. the addition of the regular '-d' suffix follows standard english grammatical rules for forming the past tense and past participle, transforming the concept of value into the action of assigning that value. thus, 'priced' logically connects the ancient idea of worth to the modern commercial act of determining or stating a cost.
Analysis
Structure: price (value) + d (past/participle suffix)
- price: from middle english 'pris', from old french, from latin 'pretium' (price, value, reward). functions as the core root denoting value or cost.
- d: a common english inflectional suffix indicating the past tense or past participle form of a regular verb.
Examples
the newly launched smartphone is competitively priced.
we haven't priced the items for the garage sale yet.
the artwork was priced out of our budget.