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gravis
Latin · ancient
"heavy, weighty"
heavy, weighty
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gravare
Latin · ancient
"to weigh down, to burden"
to weigh down, to burden, from gravis
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grief
Old French · medieval
"a heavy burden of sorrow"
carried into French for a heavy burden of sorrow
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grief
English · 1200s
"deep sorrow, especially over a loss"
settled as the English word for deep sorrow, especially over a loss
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