Etymology

gratuitous

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Today it means: Given freely; unearned. Full definition →

Latin grātuītus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromgrātia“favor”
  2. Latin · borrowed fromgrātuītus“free”
  3. English todaygratuitous

From Latin grātuītus (“free”), from Latin grātia (“favor”), grātus (“showing favor”).

Words from the same roots

Latingrātuītus all →

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grace

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