Where does “ingrate” come from?

ingrate (French) comes from French ingrat, from Latin ingrātus, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

ingrate (French): feminine singular of ingrat

Definitions

  1. feminine singular of ingrat

Ancestry of “ingrate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchingratungrateful; thankless
2Latiningrātusunpleasant, disagreeable
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →