Where does “ingratiatingly” come from?
ingratiatingly (English) comes from English ingratiating, from English ingratiate, from Italian ingraziare, from Italian in-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
ingratiatingly (English): In an ingratiating manner
Definitions
- In an ingratiating manner
Ancestry of “ingratiatingly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | ingratiating | Which ingratiates; which attempts to bring... |
| 2 | English | ingratiate | To bring oneself into favour with someone by... |
| 3 | Italian | ingraziare | To ingratiate oneself with; to get on someone's... |
| 4 | Italian | in- | un-; in-; a- |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 6 | Latin | în | — |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |