Where does “grava” come from?
grava (Italian) comes from Italian gravare, from Latin gravō, from Latin gravis, from Proto-Indo-European gʷréh₂us, from Proto-Indo-European -us — Forms adjectives from Caland system roots.
grava (Italian): third-person singular present of gravare;...
Definitions
- third-person singular present of gravare;...
Ancestry of “grava”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | gravare | To burden, to load; To rest, to weigh |
| 2 | Latin | gravō | — |
| 3 | Latin | gravis | heavy; troublesome, hard; grave, serious |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷréh₂us | heavy |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -us | Forms adjectives from Caland system roots |