Where does “gratitude” come from?
Gratitude comes from French gratitude, from Latin gratitudo, derived from the Latin adjective gratus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gʷerH-.
gratitude (English): The state of being grateful
Definitions
- The state of being grateful
Ancestry of “gratitude”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | gratitude | gratitude |
| 2 | Latin | grātitūdō | gratitude |
| 3 | Latin | gratis | out of favor or kindness, without recompense or... |
| 4 | Latin | grātia | grace |
| 5 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |