graciousness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English gracious

Proto-Germanic *-in-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti

Proto-Germanic *-ōną

Proto-Germanic *-inōną

Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-

Proto-Germanic *-atjaną

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Germanic *-þuz

Proto-Germanic *-assuz

Proto-Germanic *-inassuz

Proto-West Germanic *-nassī

Old English -nes

Middle English -nesse

English -ness

English graciousness

From gracious + -ness.

Noun

graciousness (countable and uncountable, plural graciousnesses)

1. The state of being gracious.

Translations

The state of being gracious

• French: affabilité (fr) f, aménité (fr) f
• Romanian: grațiozitate (ro) f
• Spanish: afabilidad (es) f, amenidad (es) f