Where does “grace” come from?
grace (Middle English) comes from Old French grace, 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.
grace (Middle English): Various theological meanings, usually as an...
Definitions
- Various theological meanings, usually as an...
Ancestry of “grace”, step by step
grace traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French grace
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | grace | grace; favor; grace; gracefulness; elegance |
| 2 | Latin | grātia | grace |
| 3 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 4 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |