Etymograph

English

griefy

From grief + -y.

Formed from grief + -y

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 Full of grief.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / griefy