English
graciosity
Graciosity comes from Middle French gracieuseté.
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600gracieuseté
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500graciousete
- Englishtodaygraciosity
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600gracieuseté
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500graciousete
- Englishtodaygraciosity
Formed from gracious + -osity
Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- ‘to welcome, greet, praise’
…
Latin gratia ‘esteem, favor’
Latin gratiosus ‘popular, agreeable’
Old French gracieus
Middle English gracious
English gracious
The story
From Middle English graciousete, partly from Middle French gracieuseté, partly modelled on Latin grātiōsitās, and probably also partly equivalent to gracious + -osity.
Every English word from Middle French gracieuseté
Today it means
noun graciousness, usually in a bad sense, as implying duplicity
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle French gracieuseté / graciosity