English

agrémens

Agrémens comes from French agrément ‘congeniality, amenity’, from Old French agrement ‘agreement’, and ultimately from Latin grātum.

Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrātum
Old Frenchc. 842–1400gré
Old French, derivedc. 842–1400agreer‘to please’
Old French, derivedc. 842–1400agrement‘agreement’
Frenchc. 1600–presentagrémentas agrémens‘congeniality, amenity’
Englishearliest quotation 1838agrémens

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrātum
Old Frenchc. 842–1400gré
Old French, derivedc. 842–1400agreer‘to please’
Old French, derivedc. 842–1400agrement‘agreement’
Frenchc. 1600–presentagrémentas agrémens‘congeniality, amenity’
Englishearliest quotation 1838agrémens

Earliest quotation: 1838, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Keeping up Appearances. […]: “When to this was added the state dinners, to…”

Linked words

through Old French gré

through Old French agreer ‘to please’

through Old French agrement ‘agreement’

agreement, 1 more

Today it means

noun Agreeable qualities or circumstances.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin grātum / agrémens

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