English

lack-grace

From lack + grace.

A compound of lack + grace

Proto-Germanic *lakaz ‘limp’

Proto-Germanic *laką

Proto-West Germanic *lak

Old English *læc ‘deficiency’

Middle English lack

English lack

Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- ‘to praise’

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Latin grātus ‘pleasing’

Latin grātia ‘kindness’

Old French grace ‘grace’

Middle English grace ‘the grace of God’

English grace

Today it means

noun A rude person.

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

Etymograph / lack-grace