Where does “gravis” come from?

gravis (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European gʷréh₂us, from Proto-Indo-European -us — Forms adjectives from Caland system roots.

gravis (Latin): heavy; troublesome, hard; grave, serious

Definitions

  1. heavy; troublesome, hard; grave, serious

Ancestry of “gravis”, step by step

gravis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European gʷréh₂us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeangʷréh₂usheavy
2Proto-Indo-European-usForms adjectives from Caland system roots

via Proto-Italic *gʷraus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic*gʷrausheavy

Words derived from “gravis”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -us →