Morpheme
Grave
Type
free base
Denotation
heavy, weighty
Etymology
Latin gravis
Evidence
aggravate, aggravation, agravic, antigravity, gravamen, grave, gravely, gravid, gravida, gravidarum, gravidic, gravidly, gravigrade, gravitas, gravitate, gravitate, gravitated, gravitates, gravitating, gravitation, gravitation, gravitational, gravitationally, gravitino, graviton, gravity, microgravity, multigravida, nulligravida, primigravida, secundigravida, supergravity
Notes
classical base analysis
gravity and gravitas are doublets
Modern Base Analysis
<Gravite> denoting “gravity”
alternative modern base analysis without suffixal constructions -itate, -itino, -iton
from gravity, from Latin gravitās, from gravis + -tās
gravitate, gravitated, gravitates, gravitating, gravitation, gravitational, gravitationally, gravitino, graviton
See Also
Grieve, Grief, -itate, -itino, -iton
