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Where does “disgraceless” come from?

disgraceless (English) comes from English disgrace, from Italian disgrazia, from Italian grazia, 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.

disgraceless (English): Free from disgrace

Definitions

  1. Free from disgrace

Ancestry of “disgraceless”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdisgraceThe condition of being out of favor; loss of...
2Italiandisgraziamisfortune, bad luck; accident, disaster;...
3Italiangraziagrace; pardon; favour, kindness
4Latingrātia—
5Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
6Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
7Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
8Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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