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Where does “grace” come from?

grace (Old French) comes 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 (Old French): grace; favor; grace; gracefulness; elegance

Definitions

  1. grace; favor; grace; gracefulness; elegance

Ancestry of “grace”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingrātia—
2Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
3Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
4Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
5Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “grace”

  • grace
  • grass
  • graceful
  • gracefully
  • grassy
  • grassland
  • bluegrass
  • graceless
  • gracefulness
  • ungraceful
  • turfgrass
  • scapegrace
  • seagrass
  • ryegrass
  • lemongrass
  • switchgrass
  • shortgrass
  • tallgrass
  • eelgrass
  • bentgrass
  • ungracefully
  • crabgrass
  • wheatgrass
  • sawgrass
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