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The verbal phrase <strong><span class="foreign notranslate">give thanks</span></strong> is attested from late 14c.; Wycliffe (c. 1400) has <span class="foreign notranslate">doinge of thankes</span> for "thanksgiving." A verb <span class="foreign notranslate">thanksgive</span> (1630s) is a back-formation from the noun. The earlier noun was simply <strong><span class="foreign notranslate">thanking</span></strong> "act or action of giving thanks" (late 13c.).</p> <p>In the specific sense of "public celebration acknowledging divine favors" <span class="foreign notranslate">thanksgiving</span> dates from 1630s (the traditional first such in America was held October 1621 by Plymouth Colony Pilgrims in appreciation of assistance from members of the Massasoit tribe and celebration of the first harvest); though <span class="foreign notranslate">Thanksgiving Day</span> itself is not attested until 1670s.</p></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:1530s">1530s</a></div></div></div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="words related to thanksgiving">Entries linking to <i>thanksgiving</i></h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of give" href="/word/give#etymonline_v_6114">give<!-- --> <!-- -->(v.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>Old English <span class="foreign notranslate">giefan</span> (West Saxon) "to give, bestow, deliver to another; allot, grant; commit, devote, entrust," class V strong verb (past tense <span class="foreign notranslate">geaf</span>, past participle <span class="foreign notranslate">giefen</span>), from Proto-Germanic <span class="foreign notranslate">*geban</span> (source also of Old Frisian <span class="foreign notranslate">jeva</span>, Middle Dutch <span class="foreign notranslate">gheven</span>, Dutch <span class="foreign notranslate">geven</span>, Old High German <span class="foreign notranslate">geban</span>, German <span class="foreign notranslate">geben</span>, Gothic <span class="foreign notranslate">giban</span>), from PIE root <a href="/word/*ghabh-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of *ghabh- " rel="nofollow" class="crossreference notranslate">*ghabh-</a> "to give or receive." It became <span class="foreign notranslate">yiven</span> in Middle English, but changed to guttural "g" by influence of Old Norse <span class="foreign notranslate">gefa</span> "to give," Old Danish <span class="foreign notranslate">givæ</span>.</p> <p>Meaning "to yield to pressure" is from 1570s. <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>Give in</strong></span> "yield" is from 1610s; <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>give out</strong></span> is mid-14c. as "publish, announce;" meaning "run out, break down" is from 1520s. <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>Give up</strong></span> "surrender, resign, quit" is mid-12c. To <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>give (someone) a cold</strong></span> seems to reflect the old belief that one could be cured of disease by deliberately infecting others. <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>What gives?</strong></span> "what is happening?" is attested from 1940. To <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>not give a</strong></span> (some thing regarded as trivial and valueless) is from c. 1300 (early examples were <span class="foreign notranslate">a straw</span>, <span class="foreign notranslate">a grass</span>, <span class="foreign notranslate">a mite</span>).</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of thanks" href="/word/thanks#etymonline_v_44290">thanks<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>mid-13c., plural of <strong><span class="foreign notranslate">thank</span></strong> (n.) "expression of gratitude; kind feeling for another after a benefit received or service done," from Old English <span class="foreign notranslate">þanc</span>, <span class="foreign notranslate">þonc</span> in its secondary sense of "grateful thought, good will, gratitude." This is from the same Proto-Germanic root as <a href="/word/thank#etymonline_v_10711" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of thank " class="crossreference notranslate">thank</a> (v.).</p> <p>In prehistoric times the Germanic noun seems to have expanded from "a thinking of, a remembering" to also mean "remember fondly, think of with gratitude." Compare Old Saxon <span class="foreign notranslate">thank</span>, Old Frisian <span class="foreign notranslate">thank</span>, Old Norse <span class="foreign notranslate">þökk</span>, Dutch <span class="foreign notranslate">dank</span>, German <span class="foreign notranslate">Dank</span>.</p> <p>The Old English noun chiefly meant "thought, reflection, sentiment; mind, will, purpose," also "grace, mercy, pardon; pleasure, satisfaction," all now obsolete. The noun is used now exclusively in the plural.</p> <p><strong><span class="foreign notranslate">Thanks</span></strong> as a common expression or acknowledgment (1580s) is short for <span class="foreign notranslate">I give you thanks</span>, etc.; often with extensions, such as <span class="foreign notranslate">thanks a lot</span> (1908). The form <strong><span class="foreign notranslate">thanx</span></strong> is attested by 1888 as an illiterate spelling, by 1894 as a commercial or informal spelling.</p> <blockquote> Thanx. That's one way to spell thanks. We are going to close our store from 11 o'clock to 2 oclock Thursday in order to have a short spell of thanx ourselves. [ad for The Mudge Mercantile Company, Eskridge (Kansas) Star, Thu., Nov. 26, 1896] </blockquote></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div></div><div data-ad-container="true" class="adContainer--6CVz1 vertical" style="margin-top:1em"><span class="adLabel--35hfi">Advertisement</span><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7093273770345366" style="display:block;width:100%" data-ad-slot="8757723469" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></div><div class="ngram--SmXCf"><h3 class="h3_title" title="Trends of thanksgiving">Trends of <i>thanksgiving</i></h3><div class="ngram__container--NwjaG" style="height:180px"><canvas id="ngram-chart"></canvas></div><div class="ngram__footer--3-9dX">adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/. 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The meaning "a gift from God, th</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of supplication" href="/word/supplication"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">supplication<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">14c., from Old French suplicacion "humble request," from Latin supplicationem (nominative supplicatio) "a public prayer, thanksgiving...In ancient Rome, a religious solemnity, especially in thanksgiving for a victory or in times of public danger....</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of Eucharist" href="/word/Eucharist"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">Eucharist<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">Lord's Supper, the Communion," mid-14c., from Old French eucariste, from Late Latin eucharistia, from Greek eukharistia "thanksgiving...</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of tabernacle" href="/word/tabernacle"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">tabernacle<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">The Old Testament Jewish Feast of Tabernacles (mid-October) was observed as a thanksgiving for harvest....</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of psalm" href="/word/psalm"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">psalm<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">"sacred poem or song," especially one expressing praise and thanksgiving, Old English psealm (West Saxon sealm; Anglian salm...</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of Friday" href="/word/Friday"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">Friday<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">Thanksgiving holiday is said to date from 1960s and perhaps was coined by those who had the job of controlling the crowds...</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="other_relation" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of November" href="/word/November"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">November<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">c. 1200, from Old French novembre and directly from Latin November (also Novembris (mensis)), from novem "nine" (see nine). The ninth month of the Roman calendar, which began in March. For -ber see December. 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