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grat⋅i⋅tude

[grat-i-tood, -tyood]
–noun
the quality or feeling of being grateful or thankful: He expressed his gratitude to everyone on the staff.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME < ML grātitūdin- (s. of grātitūdō) thankfulness, equiv. to grāt(us) pleasing + -i- -i- + -tūdin- -tude


thanks, thankfulness, appreciation, gratefulness.
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grat·i·tude   (grāt'ĭ-tōōd', -tyōōd')   
n.  The state of being grateful; thankfulness.

[Middle English, from Old French, probably from Late Latin grātitūdō, from Latin grātus, pleasing; see gwerə-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

gratitude 
c.1500, from M.L. gratitudo "thankfulness," from L. gratus "thankful, pleasing" (see grace).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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