Etymology of the English word gratitude
the English word
gratitudederived from the Old French word
gratitudederived from the French word
ingratitudederived from the Vulgar Latin word
ingratitudoderived from the Latin word
ingratus (unpleasant; ungrateful; thankless)
derived from the Latin word
in-derived from the Late Latin word
gratus (pleasing, acceptable, agreeable)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gʷerə-using the Latin prefix
in- (suffix for no)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ne (not)
derived from the Latin word
gratitudo (gratitude)
derived from the Late Latin word
gratus (pleasing, acceptable, agreeable)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gʷerə-Date
The earliest known usage of gratitude in English dates from the 16th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
