Where does “gravitas” come from?
gravitas (French) comes from French graviter, from New Latin gravitō, 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.
gravitas (French): second-person singular past historic of graviter
Definitions
- second-person singular past historic of graviter
Ancestry of “gravitas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | graviter | to orbit, gravitate |
| 2 | New Latin | gravitō | — |
| 3 | Latin | gravitās | weight, heaviness |
| 4 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |