[…] Earnest Weekley, grateful is a “most unusual formation,” a true anomaly. The Word Detective adds that the formation of the word grateful is “just more evidence that English (or any […]
Nadine Gammon:
May 2nd, 2017 at 7:33 am
What about the noun grate and the verb to grate? Is there a connection between grate (the thing on the bbq or in the fireplace), grate (to reduce something — cheese, for instance — to small bits by rubbing or scraping), and grateful / gratitude / grace?
meh:
October 14th, 2020 at 8:24 pm
It did say…
First appearing in English in the 16th century, “grateful” is based on the now obsolete adjective “grate,” which meant “pleasing, agreeable” as well as “thankful.” This “grate,” incidentally, came from the Latin word “gratus,” also meaning both “pleasing” and “thankful,” and the source of such English words as “gratitude,” “congratulations” and “gratuity.”
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June 11th, 2012 at 11:43 am
[…] Earnest Weekley, grateful is a “most unusual formation,” a true anomaly. The Word Detective adds that the formation of the word grateful is “just more evidence that English (or any […]
Nadine Gammon:
May 2nd, 2017 at 7:33 am
What about the noun grate and the verb to grate? Is there a connection between grate (the thing on the bbq or in the fireplace), grate (to reduce something — cheese, for instance — to small bits by rubbing or scraping), and grateful / gratitude / grace?
meh:
October 14th, 2020 at 8:24 pm
It did say…
First appearing in English in the 16th century, “grateful” is based on the now obsolete adjective “grate,” which meant “pleasing, agreeable” as well as “thankful.” This “grate,” incidentally, came from the Latin word “gratus,” also meaning both “pleasing” and “thankful,” and the source of such English words as “gratitude,” “congratulations” and “gratuity.”