Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥Htós
Proto-Italic *gʷrātos
Latin grātus
Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós
Proto-Italic *-ijos
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -ia
Latin grātiīs
Latin grātīsbor.
English gratis
Borrowed from Latin grātīs.
Meanings
(not-comparable) Free: without charge.
Really syncophant^([sic]) stuff, but it may help. It's gratis in any case. 2010 September 27, Ann Charters, Samuel Charters, quoting John Clellon Holmes, Brother-Souls: John Clellon Holmes, Jack Kerouac, and the Beat Generation, →ISBN, page 162:
The gratis soft drink mixers on the counter, the free jukebox in the lounge – loaded with classic 45s – the shelves piled high with books to borrow and read, and the vintage 1960s pie-warmer is the very spirit of the Laurieston and the Clancy family. 2023 October 22, Norry Wilson, “The best bar none? Why nothing has to change at the city’s legendary Laurieston”, in The Herald on Sunday, Glasgow: Newsquest, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 19, column 2:
es gratiñán (free of charge) · es graterola (free of charge) · es gratisdato (free of charge) · es gratarola (free of charge) · es gratis (free of charge)
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥Htós
Proto-Italic *gʷrātos
Latin grātus
Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós
Proto-Italic *-ijos
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -ia
Latin grātiīs
Latin grātīsbor.
English gratis
Borrowed from Latin grātīs.
Meanings
(not-comparable) In a free way: without charge.
I know not how they sold themselves: but thou, like a kind fellow, gavest thyself away gratis; and I thank thee for thee. c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
Reaſon, you roague, reaſon: thinkſt thou Ile endanger my soule, gratis? c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 45:
es gratis (free, without charge) · es de gratis (free, without charge) · es graterola (free, without charge) · es gratis et amore (free, without charge) · es gratiñán (free, without charge) · es de a gratis (free, without charge) · es gratarola (free, without charge) · es gratismente de gracia (free, without charge)