The story
- Latin · derived fromgrātificō“to do a favor to, oblige, please, gratify”
- Middle French · borrowed fromgratification
- Latin · borrowed fromgrātificātiō
- English todaygratification
From Latin grātificātiō either directly or through Middle French gratification, from Latin grātificō (“to do a favor to, oblige, please, gratify”), from grātus (“kind, pleasing”) + faciō (“to make”).
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.