widespread respect and admiration felt for someone or something on the basis of a perception of their achievements or quality: 達成や質の理解に基づいた人や物に感じる広く行き渡っている尊敬と称賛

名声, 威信, 評判(status); 〖形容詞的に〗名声, 名誉のある; 高級な

e.g. he experienced a tremendous increase in prestige following his victory.: 彼は勝利に続く名声の凄まじい増加を経験した。

as modifier denoting something that arouses respect or admiration: 尊敬や称賛を引き起こす物を指す

e.g. prestige wines.: 有名なワイン

mid 17th century (in the sense ‘illusion, conjuring trick’): from French, literally ‘illusion, glamor’, from late Latin praestigium ‘illusion’, from Latin praestigiae (plural) ‘conjuring tricks’. The transference of meaning occurred by way of the sense ‘dazzling influence, glamor’, at first depreciatory.