## AI Etymology
Gratuity comes from Middle French gratuité, from Medieval Latin gratuitas ('gift'), from Latin gratuitus ('freely given'), from gratus ('pleasing'). The development is chiefly a borrowing or learned continuation, carrying an older form and meaning into English rather than building the word from a purely native base. In present use, it is used as a noun meaning "a tip or sum given for service, beyond what is owed", so the historical material remains connected with the current sense rather than standing as bare ancestry. The wider English family includes related forms such as gratuitous, gratis, and gratitude, showing how the same historical material continues to organize neighboring vocabulary. The named historical forms include Latin gratuitās and Latin gratus, keeping the history tied to concrete forms rather than a loose resemblance. Its semantic neighborhood includes tip, bonus, gift, and perquisite, locating the modern specialization without adding a new origin story.

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