Where does “gravi” come from?

gravi (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto grava, from English grave, from French gravier, from Old French gravé, from Medieval Latin grava, from Gaulish grawa, from Proto-Celtic grāwā, from Proto-Indo-European gʰroh₁weh₂ — to grind.

gravi (Esperanto): to be important, to matter

Definitions

  1. to be important, to matter

Ancestry of “gravi”, step by step

gravi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto grava

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantogravaimportant; serious, grave
2EnglishgraveAn excavation in the earth as a place of burial;...
3Frenchgraviergravel; crushed rocks between 5 and 40 mm in...
4Old Frenchgravégravel
5Medieval Latingrava
6Gaulishgrawa
7Proto-Celticgrāwāgravel, pebbles
8Proto-Indo-Europeangʰroh₁weh₂
9Proto-Indo-Europeangʰreh₁w-to grind

via English gravy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgravyA thick sauce made from the fat or juices that...
2Middle Englishgraveygravy; a sauce for poultry and fish

Words derived from “gravi

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰreh₁w-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰroh₁weh₂Every word from Proto-Celtic grāwā