gracious的词源

英文词源

gracious (adj.)

c. 1300, "filled with God's grace," from Old French gracios "courteous, pleasing, kind, friendly" (12c., Modern French gracieux), from Latin gratiosus "enjoying favor, agreeable, obliging; popular, acceptable," from gratia (see grace (n.)). Meaning "merciful, benevolent" is from late 14c. As an exclamation, elliptically for gracious God, attested from 1713.

中文词源

gracious：优雅的

来自grace, 优雅。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：gracious 词源，gracious 含义。

gracious：亲切的，仁慈的

词根词缀： grac(-grat-)高兴,恩惠 + -i- + -ous形容词词尾