grievous
English
/ɡɹiː.vəs/, /ɡɹiː.viː.əs/
adj
Definitions
- Causing grief, pain or sorrow.
- Serious, grave, dire or dangerous.
Etymology
Derived from Middle English greven derived from Old French grever (burden) derived from Latin gravō (I burden, weigh down, oppress) root from Proto-Indo-European *gʷreh₂- (heavy, strong).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʷreh₂-
Gloss
heavy, strong
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
強
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aggravate English
- antigravitation English
- autogravitation English
- bariatric English
- baric English
- barium English
- barometer English
- brutality English
- brutish English
- degravitation English
- graveness English
- gravidly English
- gravimeter English
- gravimetric English
- gravimetry English
- gravitational English
- graviton English
- gravity English
- grieve English
- grievously English
- grievousness English
- hyperbaric English
- isobar English
- isobaric English
- multigravid English
- supergravitation English
- supergravity English
- aggravo Latin
- brūtus Latin
- gravare Latin
- gravida Latin
- gravidus Latin
- gravis Latin
- gravitas Latin
- gravito, gravitatus Latin
- gravitās Latin
- gravitātiō Latin
- gravo Latin
- gravo, gravō, gravāre Latin
- gravāre Latin
- gravō Latin
- briga Italian
- gravare Italian
- brigade French
- brigadier French
- grever French
- βάρος Ancient Greek
- βαρύτης Ancient Greek
- *gʷreh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷrih₂-g- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷréh₂us Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷréh₂wō Proto-Indo-European
- *ud- Proto-Indo-European
- गुरु Sanskrit
- greven Middle English
- grevance Old French
- grever Old French
- grievance Old French
- aggravation Middle French