An act or instance of evaluating; to examine and judge carefully.
Etymology (EN): From Fr. évaluer “to find the value of,” from → ex- “out”
- value “worth, value,” p.p. of valoir “be worth,” from L. valere
“be strong, be of value;” PIE base *wal- “to be strong.”
Etymology (PE): Arzyâbi, from arz “value” + yâbi “finding.”
The first component arz, present stem of arzidan “to be worth,”
arzân “worthy; of small value, cheap,” arj “esteem, honour, price, worth;”
Mid.Pers. arz “value, worth,” arzidan “be worth,”
arzân “valuable;” Av. arəjaiti “is worth,” arəja-
“valuable,” arəg- “to be worth;”
cf. Skt. arh- “to be worth, to earn,” árhant-
“worthy person;” Gk. alphanein “to bring in as profit,” alphein
“to ear, obtain;” Lith. algà “salary, pay;” PIE base *algwh-
“to earn; price, value.” The second component yâbi, verbal noun of yâftan,
yâbidan “to find, discover; to obtain, acquire;”
Mid.Pers. ayâftan, ayâpênitan “to reach, attain;”
Manichean Mid.Pers. ‘y’b “to attain;” Parthian, Sogdian (+ *pati-)
pty’b “to reach, obtain;” Av. ap- “to reach, overtake,”
apayeiti “achieved, reached;” Skt. âp- “to reach, gain,”
âpnoti “reaches, gains;” Gk. hapto, haptomai “to touch, cling to,
adhere to;” L. apiscor “touch, reach;” PIE base *ap- “to take, reach.”
