Where does “gravitate” come from?
gravitate (Romanian) 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.
gravitate (Romanian): gravity, seriousness, graveness
Definitions
- gravity, seriousness, graveness
Ancestry of “gravitate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | gravitās | — |
| 2 | Latin | -tās | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |