The story
- Latin · derived fromgratiosus
- Old French · derived fromgracieus
- Middle English · inherited fromgracious
- English todaygracious
From Middle English gracious, from Old French gracieus, from Latin gratiosus, from gratia (“esteem, favor”). See grace. Displaced native English hold (“gracious”). Doublet of gracioso and grazioso.
Words from the same roots
Latingratiosus all →
grazioso
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.