congratulate
/kənˈɡɹæt͡ʃ.ʊˌleɪt/ · verb
Meaning
- To express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
- To consider oneself fortunate in some matter.
Etymology / origin
First attested in 1548; borrowed from Latin congrātulātus, the perfect active participle of Latin congrātulor (“to wish joy, rejoice (with); to congratulate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from con- + grātulor, from grātus (“grateful, pleasing, agreeable, beloved”) + -or. By surface analysis, con- + gratulate.
- congrātulor(la)→
- congrātulātus(la)→
- *gʷerH-(ine-pro)→
- congratulate (English)
- Relations: root, bor, der
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