Proto-Indo-European

*gʷreh₂-

‘heavy’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *gʷreh₂-.

38 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *gʷreh₂-, most familiar first.

• bar ← βάρος
• grave ← gravis ← *gʷraus ← *gʷréh₂us
• gravity ← gravité ← gravitās ← gravis ← *gʷraus
• brutal ← brutalis ← brūtus ← *gʷrūtos ← *gʷréh₂us
• grief ← greef ← gravis ← *gʷraus ← *gʷréh₂us
• guru ← गुरु ← ਗੁਰੂ ← गुरु ← *gr̥Húš
• brute ← brut ← brut ← brūtus ← *gʷrūtos
• grieve ← greven ← grever ← gravō ← gravis
• brigadier ← brigade ← brigade ← brigata ← brigare
• grievous ← grevous ← grevous ← grever ← gravō
• grievance ← grever ← gravō ← gravis ← *gʷraus
• gravitate ← gravitāt-

More words from *gʷreh₂-

• aggravate
• aggravation
• gravitation
• brut
• gravitas
• brio
• barite
• brigand
• baryon
• gurukul
• gravid
• quern
• gravida
• baryte
• gravamen
• barye
• barytes
• aggrege
• aggravable
• baryta
• gravamina
• gravidity
• gravedo
• gravigrade
• gravaminous
• ingravescent

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʷreh₂-