Where does “grātificātiō” come from?
grātificātiō (Latin) comes from Latin gratifico, 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.
grātificātiō (Latin): obligingness, complaisance
Definitions
- obligingness, complaisance
Ancestry of “grātificātiō”, step by step
grātificātiō traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin gratifico
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | gratifico | I oblige, gratify |
| 2 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 3 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 4 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via Latin grātificor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | grātificor | to oblige, gratify |
| 2 | Latin | -ficō | forms factitive, causative, or other verbs from the roots of nouns and adjectives; -ify |
| 3 | Latin | -ficus | Forms adjectives that denote bringing or making |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -fakos | -making, -producing |