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Where does “gratifier” come from?

gratifier (French) comes from Latin grātificārī, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

gratifier (French): To gratify; To reward

Definitions

  1. To gratify; To reward

Ancestry of “gratifier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingrātificārī—
2Latinfaciō—
3Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
4Latin-tōrius—
5Latin-tor-er
6Proto-Italic-tōr—
7Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
8Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “gratifier”

  • gratify
  • gratifier
  • ungratifiable
  • gratifieth
  • gratifiable
  • gratifiest
  • gratifiability
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