Silbentrennung
pres·ti·dig·i·ta·tionAussprache
Etymologie
() From French prestidigitation
:from French preste (“nimble, quick”)
::from Italian presto
:::from Late Latin praestus, ("ready at hand")
:+ Latin digitus (“finger”)
:+ noun of process suffix -ation
::from Latin perfect passive participle suffix -atus
::+ suffix -io. * Note: despite the phonetic similarities, the words prestidigitator and prestidigitation have different origins than prestige, even though this in the past has meant "delusion, illusion, trick".