Where does “ingrateful” come from?
ingrateful (English) comes from English ingrate, from French ingrat, from Latin ingrātus, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
ingrateful (English): ungrateful; not grateful; unpleasing to the...
Definitions
- ungrateful; not grateful; unpleasing to the...
Ancestry of “ingrateful”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ingrate | ungrateful; unpleasant, unfriendly; an ungrateful... |
| 2 | French | ingrat | ungrateful; thankless |
| 3 | Latin | ingrātus | unpleasant, disagreeable |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |