Etymograph

English

gravitation

Gravitation comes from Latin gravitō ‘to gravitate, to fall under the influence of…’, from gravis ‘heavy’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷreh₂-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷreh₂-‘heavy’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷréh₂us‘heavy’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gʷraus‘heavy’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgravis‘heavy’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgravitō‘to gravitate, to fall under the influence of gravity’
  6. New Latinmoderngravitātiō
  7. Englishtodaygravitation

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷreh₂-‘heavy’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷréh₂us‘heavy’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gʷraus‘heavy’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgravis‘heavy’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgravitō‘to gravitate, to fall under the influence of gravity’
  6. New Latinmoderngravitātiō
  7. Englishtodaygravitation

Equivalent to gravitate + -ion

Proto-Indo-European *gʷreh₂- ‘heavy’

New Latin gravitāt-

English gravitate

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *gʷreh₂- ‘heavy’

bar, guru, brigadier, brio, brigand, aggravation, 20 more

through Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us ‘heavy’

brutal, brute, brut, barite, baryon, 17 more

through Latin gravis ‘heavy’

grief, grave, grieve, grievous, grievance, aggravate, 13 more

Today it means

noun The fundamental force of attraction which exists between all matter in the universe that tends to draw bodies towards each other, due to matter causing the curvature of spacetime. It is the weakest of the four fundamental interactions, and possesses a gauge boson known as the graviton.

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Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʷreh₂- / gravitation

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