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The English term gratis has its origins in late Middle English ; from Latin.

A contraction of gratiis, meaning ' as a kindness ', which in turn stems from the root gratia meaning ' grace ' or ' kindness '.

It is widely used in the Afrikaans, Catalan, Czech, Hungarian, Polish, French, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Bahasa Indonesia, Scandinavian and German languages, with the same meaning.