Where does “ungraciousness” come from?
ungraciousness (English) comes from English ungracious, from English gracious, from Middle English gracious, from Old French gracious, from Latin grātiōsus, from Latin grātia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
ungraciousness (English): The state or quality of being ungracious
Definitions
- The state or quality of being ungracious
Ancestry of “ungraciousness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | ungracious | Not gracious; unkind or cold-hearted |
| 2 | English | gracious | kind and warmly courteous; tactful; compassionate |
| 3 | Middle English | gracious | kind, gracious, polite; forgiving, relenting;... |
| 4 | Old French | gracious | — |
| 5 | Latin | grātiōsus | — |
| 6 | Latin | grātia | — |
| 7 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 8 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |