Where does “gratuita” come from?
gratuita (Italian) comes from Italian gratuito, from Latin grātuītus, 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.
gratuita (Italian): feminine singular of gratuito
Definitions
- feminine singular of gratuito
Ancestry of “gratuita”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | gratuito | free, free of charge, gratis; unjustified,... |
| 2 | Latin | grātuītus | — |
| 3 | Latin | grātia | — |
| 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 |