English
graviperceptor
From gravi- + perceptor.
Formed from gravi- + perceptor
Proto-Indo-European *gʷreh₂- ‘heavy’
Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us ‘heavy’
Proto-Italic *gʷraus ‘heavy’
Latin gravis ‘heavy’
Latin gravitās ‘weight, heaviness’
English gravi-
Proto-Indo-European *kap-
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Archaic Latin kapiō
Latin capiō ‘capture, seize’
Latin percipiō ‘seize’
Latin perceptor ‘a receiver, imbiber’
English perceptor
Today it means
noun The organ responsible for graviperception
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / graviperceptor