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Where does “gravità” come from?

gravità (Italian) 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.

gravità (Italian): gravity; seriousness, graveness, solemnity;...

Definitions

  1. gravity; seriousness, graveness, solemnity;...

Ancestry of “gravità”, 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 “gravità”

  • antigravità
  • microgravità
  • gravità
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós →