Word: 'gree' • Extended Annotations
Word: 'gree' • Extended Annotations
noun, 13th century
as a verb, about a 100 years later, 14th century
from Old French gré "goodwill"
from Latin gratum, neuter of gratus "pleasing, acceptable, welcome, agreeable"
German Genugtuung [für erlittene Schmach oder Beleidigung / for suffered opprobrium or slur] is equivalent to gree.
gree is of the same origin as the verb agree
from Old French agreer "to please, satisfy; to receive with favor" (12c.), a contraction of the phrase a gré "favorably, of good will"
from Latin gratum, neuter of gratus
gratuity also comes from Latin gratum.
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