Etymology

grazioso

gra·zi·o·so
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Today it means: graceful, flowing Full definition →

Italian grazioso ← Latin grātiōsus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromgrātiōsus“agreeable, popular”
  2. Italian · borrowed fromgrazioso“graceful”
  3. English todaygrazioso

Borrowed from Italian grazioso (“graceful”), from Latin grātiōsus (“agreeable, popular”), from grātia (“grace”). Doublet of gracioso and gracious.

Words from the same roots

Latingrātiōsus all →

gracious

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