Etymology

gratitude

grat·i·tude
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Today it means: The state of being grateful. Full definition →

French gratitude ← Medieval Latin gratitudō ← Latin grātus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷerH-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*gʷr̥Htós
  3. Proto-Italic*gʷrātos
  4. Latingrātus
  5. Medieval Latingratitudō
  6. Frenchgratitude
  7. English todaygratitude

From French gratitude, from Medieval Latin grātitūdō (“thankfulness”), from Latin grātus (“thankful”). Displaced Old English þancung.

Words from the same roots

Latingrātus all →

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