grádh from gradus? Fáilte (Welcome) › Forums › General Discussion (Irish and English) › grádh from gradus? This topic has 2 replies, 1 voice, and was last updated 11 years, 12 months ago by Lughaidh. Viewing 3 posts - 1 through 3 (of 3 total) Author Posts March 31, 2012 at 9:18 pm #36200 MarcomanParticipant I’ve heard that the word grádh comes from the Latin word gradus?Can it be true? April 1, 2012 at 10:06 am #41366 LabhrásParticipant MacBain’s [url=http://www.ceantar.org/Dicts/MB2/index.html]”An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language”[/url]: gràdh love, Irish grádh, Early Irish grád: *grâdo-, *grâ-dho-, root @grâ; Latin gra@-tus, English grateful; Sanskrit gûrdháya, praise; Greek @Ggéras, honour. April 1, 2012 at 12:52 pm #41367 LughaidhParticipant It’s a bit strange that Latin t corresponds to Irish dh… normally it is Latin d that corresponds to Irish dh… Author Posts Viewing 3 posts - 1 through 3 (of 3 total) You must be logged in to reply to this topic. Log In Username: Password: Keep me signed in Log In