Where does “grievance” come from?
Grievance comes from Old French grievance, formed from Old French grievance, derived from Latin gravare meaning to burden, from Latin gravis meaning heavy, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gʷréh₂us.
grievance (English): Something which causes grief; A wrong or hardship...
Definitions
- Something which causes grief; A wrong or hardship...
Ancestry of “grievance”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | grievance | Alternative form of grevance |
| 2 | Old French | grevance | chagrin; disappointment; pain; suffering;... |
| 3 | Old French | -ance | ance (suffix used to form nouns) |
| 4 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 5 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |