Where does “gratify” come from?
Gratify comes from French gratifier, from Latin gratificor, from Latin facio meaning "to make," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- meaning "to place or put."
gratify (English): To please; To make content; to satisfy
Definitions
- To please; To make content; to satisfy
Ancestry of “gratify”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | gratifier | To gratify; To reward |
| 2 | Latin | grātificārī | — |
| 3 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 4 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 5 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 6 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |