Where does “gratifier” come from?
gratifier (English) comes from English gratify, from French gratifier, from Latin grātificārī, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.
gratifier (English): Someone who gratifies
Definitions
- Someone who gratifies
Ancestry of “gratifier”, step by step
gratifier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English gratify
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | gratify | To please; To make content; to satisfy |
| 2 | French | gratifier | To gratify; To reward |
| 3 | Latin | grātificārī | — |
| 4 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 5 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 7 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |