Expertlatin
Is coup de grâce Latin?
Borrowed from French coup de grâce (“finishing blow”).
Which is correct coup de grâce or coup de grâce?
Borrowed directly from French and first appearing in English at the end of the 17th century, coup de grâce (also sometimes styled without the circumflex as coup de grace) translates literally as "stroke of grace" or "blow of mercy," and originally referred to a mercy killing, or to the act of putting to death a person ...
What is Le coup de grâce?
Meaning of coup de grâce in English
an action that ends something that has been gradually getting worse, or that kills a person or animal in order to end their suffering: Jane's affair was the coup de grâce to her disintegrating marriage.
