'estimate' originates from Latin, specifically the word 'aestimare,' where 'aes-' meant 'copper' or 'money' and '-timare' meant 'to value.'

'aestimare' transformed into the Old French word 'estimer,' and eventually became the modern English word 'estimate' through Middle English.

Initially, it meant 'to value or appraise,' but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'to roughly calculate or judge the value, number, quantity, or extent of something.'