Where does “ungratifiable” come from?
ungratifiable (English) comes from English gratifiable, from English gratify, from French gratifier, from Latin grātificārī, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.
ungratifiable (English): That cannot be gratified
Definitions
- That cannot be gratified
Ancestry of “ungratifiable”, step by step
ungratifiable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English gratifiable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | gratifiable | That can be gratified |
| 2 | English | gratify | To please; To make content; to satisfy |
| 3 | French | gratifier | To gratify; To reward |
| 4 | Latin | grātificārī | — |
| 5 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 6 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 8 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |