Some writers continue to insist that prestigious can properly describe only that which is deceptive or illusory because the word comes from the Latin praestigiae, meaning 'juggler's tricks'....To try to defend the stricter meaning now on grounds of etymology is rather like insisting that 'silly' must, because of its derivation, mean happy and holy or that a villain is someone who works in a villa or that 'nice' should describe only those who are ignorant and unaware.
—Bill Bryson, American writer, editor, and journalist, Troublesome Words, 1984