English
grieflike
From grief + -like.
Formed from grief + -like
Proto-Indo-European *gʷreh₂- ‘heavy’
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Proto-Italic *gʷraus ‘heavy’
Latin gravis ‘heavy, grievous, sad’
Old French grief ‘grave, heavy, grievous, sad’
Middle English greef
English grief
Today it means
adj Resembling grief.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / grieflike