Where does “gratos” come from?
gratos (French) comes from French gratis, from Latin gratis, from Latin grātia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
gratos (French): for free
Definitions
- for free
Ancestry of “gratos”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | gratis | free, without charge, gratis; free; for free,... |
| 2 | Latin | gratis | out of favor or kindness, without recompense or... |
| 3 | Latin | grātia | grace |
| 4 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 5 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |