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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

  1. ungrateful; not grateful; unpleasing to the...

Ancestry of “ingrateful”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishingrateungrateful; unpleasant, unfriendly; an ungrateful...
2Frenchingratungrateful; thankless
3Latiningrātus—
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “ingrateful”

  • ingratefully
  • ingratefulness
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →