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Where does “ungraciously” come from?

Ungraciously derives from English ungracious, which combines English un- with gracious from Latin gratiosus, both ultimately rooted in Proto-Indo-European elements meaning "not" and "favor" or "grace."

ungraciously (English): In an ungracious manner

Definitions

  1. In an ungracious manner

Ancestry of “ungraciously”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishungraciousNot gracious; unkind or cold-hearted
2Englishgraciouskind and warmly courteous; tactful; compassionate
3Middle Englishgraciouskind, gracious, polite; forgiving, relenting;...
4Old Frenchgracious—
5Latingrātiōsus—
6Latingrātia—
7Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
8Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
9Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
10Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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