agradesçer

Old Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ gradescer (“to thank”), derived from Late Latin grātum (“act of thanks”) + -ēscō, -ēscere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɡɾadesˈt͡seɾ/

Verb

agradesçer

1. to thank
   • ca. 1250, anonymous, Bocados de oro , (ed. by Mechthild Crombach, 1971, Bonn: Romanisches Seminar der Universität Bonn):

     E dixo que ha de aver en el creyente diez e seis virtudes: […] La quinzena es agradescer a Dios por las ocasiones que acaescen en el mundo.

     And he said that a believer must have sixteen virtues: […] The fifteenth one is to thank God for all events that happen in the world.

Descendants

• Spanish: agradecer

Further reading

• Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “grado”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 189