gracile
English
/ˈɡɹæsaɪl/, /ˈɡɹæˌsaɪl/
adj
Definitions
- (also) Lean, slender, thin.
- Graceful or gracefully slender.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French gracil borrowed from Latin gracilis (slender, thin, slim, scanty, lean, meagre, simple, unadorned) derived from Proto-Indo-European *kerḱ- (become thin, wane), *kerḱ- (become thin, wane).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kerḱ-
Gloss
become thin, wane
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- gracileness English
- gracilis English
- gracility English
- gracilization English
- gracilize English
- cracens Latin
- gracilentus Latin
- gracilipes Latin
- gracilis Latin
- gracilitarsis Latin
- graciliter Latin
- schlank German
- gracile Italian
- gracilmente Italian
- ingracilire Italian
- gracile French
- gracilement French
- grácil Spanish, Castilian
- *kerḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- graisle Old French
- slanc Middle High German
- gracil Middle French