gracious
English
/ˈɡɹeɪʃəs/
adj
Definitions
- kind and warmly courteous
- tactful
- compassionate
- indulgent, charming and graceful
- elegant and with good taste
- benignant
- full of grace
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English gracious borrowed from Old French gracieus derived from Latin gratiosus root from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- (praise, welcome, greet, approve, mountain).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʷerH-
Gloss
praise, welcome, greet, approve, mountain
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
山, 岳
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- gracioso English
- graciously English
- graciousness English
- gratuity English
- grazioso English
- ingracious English
- misgracious English
- ungracious English
- ungraciously English
- ungraciousness English
- Berisamum Latin
- bardus Latin
- congratulor, congratulatus Latin
- grates Latin
- gratia Latin
- gratificor Latin
- gratiosus Latin
- gratis Latin
- gratitudo Latin
- gratulor Latin
- grātia Latin
- grātificō Latin
- grātiōsus Latin
- grātus Latin
- graziös German
- grazia Italian
- graziosamente Italian
- graziosissimo Italian
- graziosità Italian
- grazioso Italian
- ingraziosire Italian
- disgracieux French
- gracieusement French
- gracieuseté French
- gracieux French
- грациозный Russian
- graciosamente Spanish, Castilian
- graciosito Spanish, Castilian
- gracioso Spanish, Castilian
- **gʷr̥H-ont- Proto-Indo-European
- *gwer-s- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷerH- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷr̥H-sḱé-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷr̥H-tó-s Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷʰer- Proto-Indo-European
- *huldą Proto-Germanic
- hold Old English
- holdræden Old English
- holdscipe Old English
- hyldu Old English
- inhold Old English
- grace Middle English
- gracious Middle English
- graciously Middle English
- graciousnesse Middle English
- hold Middle English
- *gora Proto-Slavic
- gracieus Old French
- gracious Old French
- Beresmo Galician
- gracioos Middle Dutch
- gracioza Ido
- grâcieux Norman
- გრაციოზული Georgian
- *-isamo- Proto-Celtic
- *bardos Proto-Celtic
- *barnati Proto-Celtic
- *brātu Proto-Celtic
- *garH- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- geras Lithuanian
- *girH- Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *girˀ- Proto-Balto-Slavic