Etymograph

English

congree

Congree comes from Latin gratus ‘pleasing’, from Proto-Italic *gʷrātos ‘grateful, thankful’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- ‘to welcome, greet, praise’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷerH-1‘to welcome, greet, praise’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷr̥H-tó-s1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gʷrātos1‘grateful, thankful’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgratus2‘pleasing’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1599congree2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin gratus
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English congree
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1599, William Shakespeare, The Life of Henry the Fift: “For government though high and low and lower, Put…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷerH-Wiktionary, Latin gratus‘to welcome, greet, praise’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷr̥H-tó-sWiktionary, Latin gratusreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gʷrātosWiktionary, Latin gratus‘grateful, thankful’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgratusWiktionary, English congree‘pleasing’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1599congreeWiktionary, English congree. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1599, William Shakespeare, The Life of Henry the Fift: “For government though high and low and lower, Put…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- ‘to welcome, greet, praise’

agree, 12 more

through Latin gratus ‘pleasing’

agreement, grace, gratitude, gracious, grate, gratuitous, gratis, gracias, 10 more

Today it means

verb To agree.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “congree”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin gratus. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- / congree

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