Where does “ingratiate” come from?
Ingratiate comes from Italian ingraziare, from Italian ingratiare, from Italian in gratia, from Latin in gratiam, from Latin gratus meaning "pleasing or agreeable," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gʷerH-.
ingratiate (English): To bring oneself into favour with someone by...
Definitions
- To bring oneself into favour with someone by...
Ancestry of “ingratiate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | ingraziare | To ingratiate oneself with; to get on someone's... |
| 2 | Italian | in- | un-; in-; a- |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 4 | Latin | în | — |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “ingratiate”