Where does “gravitate” come from?
gravitate (Italian) comes from Italian gravitare, 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.
gravitate (Italian): second-person plural present indicative of...
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- second-person plural present indicative of...
Ancestry of “gravitate”, step by step
gravitate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian gravitare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | gravitare | to 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 |
via Italian gravitato
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | gravitato | past participle of gravitare |