Prestige

From French prestige ("illusion, fascination, enchantment, prestige")

, from Latin praestigium ("a delusion, an illusion")

, from praestinguere ("to obscure, extinguish")

, from prae ("before") + stinguere ("to extinguish")

, from praestringere ("to blind; to blindfold; to dazzle or confuse someone")

, from prae ("before") + stringere ("to press, tighten, compress")

Note: despite the phonetic similarities and prestige's old meaning of "delusion, illusion, trick", the word has a different root than prestidigitator and prestidigitation.

Full definition of prestige

(uncountable)

William Warburton:The sophisms of infidelity, and the prestiges of imposture.

The quality of how good the reputation of something or someone is, how favourably something or someone is regarded.Oxford has a university of very high prestige.