Proto-Indo-European

*gʷréh₂us

‘heavy’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us.

29 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us, most familiar first.

• grave ← gravis ← *gʷraus
• gravity ← gravité ← gravitās ← gravis ← *gʷraus
• brutal ← brutalis ← brūtus ← *gʷrūtos
• grief ← greef ← gravis ← *gʷraus
• brute ← brut ← brut ← brūtus ← *gʷrūtos
• grieve ← greven ← grever ← gravō ← gravis
• grievous ← grevous ← grevous ← grever ← gravō
• grievance ← grever ← gravō ← gravis ← *gʷraus
• aggravate ← aggravātus ← aggravō ← gravō ← gravis
• gravitation ← gravitātiō ← gravitō ← gravis ← *gʷraus
• brut ← brūtus ← *gʷrūtos
• gravitas ← gravis ← *gʷraus

More words from *gʷréh₂us

• barite
• baryon
• gravid
• quern
• gravida
• baryte
• gravamen
• barye
• barytes
• aggrege
• aggravable
• gravamina
• gravidity
• gravedo
• gravigrade
• gravaminous
• ingravescent

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us