gratitude

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The feeling of being thankful and wanting to show appreciation.

   I was overwhelmed with gratitude for their help.

Simplified etymology

Gratitude entered English in the late Middle Ages through medieval Latin gratitudo, “thankfulness.” This was formed from Latin gratus, “pleasing,” also the source of gratify and grateful.

From French gratitude, from Medieval Latin grātitūdō (“thankfulness”), from Latin grātus (“thankful”). Displaced native Old English þancung.

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