Morpheme
Grave
Type
free base
Denotation
heavy, weighty
Etymology
Latin gravis
Evidence
aggravate, aggravation, agravic, antigravity, gravamen, grave, gravely, gravi-, graviceptor, gravid, gravida, gravidarum, gravidic, gravidly, gravidynamics, gravigrade, gravimagnetic, gravimagnetization, gravimeter, gravimetric, gravimetry, graviphoton, graviscalar, gravisensing, gravisensitivity, gravisensor, gravistimulate, gravistimulation, gravistimulus, gravitas, gravitate, gravitate, gravitated, gravitates, gravitating, gravitation, gravitation, gravitational, gravitationally, gravitaxis, gravithermal, gravitino, graviton, gravitropic, gravitropically, gravitropism, graviturbation, gravity, isogravimetric, microgravity, multigravida, nulligravida, photogravitropic, plagiogravitropic, plagiogravitropism, 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, Gravi
