Where does “гравита́ция” come from?
гравита́ция (Russian) 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.
гравита́ция (Russian): gravity, gravitation
Definitions
- gravity, gravitation
Ancestry of “гравита́ция”, step by step
гравита́ция traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin gravitās
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | gravitās | weight, heaviness |
| 2 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 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 |
via New Latin gravitatio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Latin | gravitatio | gravitation |
| 2 | Latin | gravis | heavy; troublesome, hard; grave, serious |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷréh₂us | heavy |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -us | Forms adjectives from Caland system roots |