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Where does “gravityless” come from?

gravityless (English) comes from English gravity, from French gravité, from Latin gravitās, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

gravityless (English): Without gravity

Definitions

  1. Without gravity

Ancestry of “gravityless”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgravityThe state or condition of having weight; weight;...
2Frenchgravitégravity
3Latingravitās—
4Latin-tās—
5Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
6Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
7Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
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