Where does “aggravate” come from?

Aggravate comes from Latin aggravatus, the past participle of aggravare, formed from the prefix ad- meaning "to" and gravare meaning "to make heavy," ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European h₂éd meaning "to eat" or "consume."

aggravate (English): To make worse or more severe; to increase in...

Definitions

  1. To make worse or more severe; to increase in...

Ancestry of “aggravate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinaggravātusweighed down

Words derived from “aggravate

Every word from Latin aggravātus