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Where does “gravité” come from?

gravité (French) comes 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.

gravité (French): gravity

Definitions

  1. gravity

Ancestry of “gravité”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingravitās—
2Latin-tās—
3Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
4Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
5Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “gravité”

  • microgravité
  • gravitate
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