Where does “desgràcia” come from?
desgràcia (Catalan) comes from Catalan gràcia, from Latin grātia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
desgràcia (Catalan): misfortune, mishap
Definitions
- misfortune, mishap
Ancestry of “desgràcia”, step by step
desgràcia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Catalan gràcia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | gràcia | grace |
| 2 | Latin | grātia | grace |
| 3 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 4 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |