## Etymology
From Latin congratulatio, from congratulari ('to wish joy, congratulate'), from con- ('together') + gratulari ('to give thanks, rejoice'), from gratus ('pleasing, thankful').

## AI Etymology
Congratulation comes from Latin congratulatio, from congratulari ('to wish joy, congratulate'), from con- ('together') + gratulari ('to give thanks, rejoice'), from gratus ('pleasing, thankful'). The historical trail runs through congratulari in Latin and gratus in Latin. Morphologically, congratulation is transparent: it draws on Latin congratulatio, from congratulari ('to wish joy, congratulate'), from con- ('together') + gratulari ('to give thanks, rejoice'), from gratus ('pleasing, thankful'). Used as a noun, congratulation now means "the expression of praise or good wishes for an achievement", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as congratulate, congratulatory, gratulate, grateful, and gratitude. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English.

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- Ethics & Social Judgment
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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