grav
heavy, serious
Latin · gravis
Grav comes from Latin gravis, "heavy". It appears in words about weight, pull toward the ground, seriousness, and making something worse.
Memory trick
GRAVity pulls things down because they are heavy; a GRAVe face feels heavy too.
Words from this root
- aggravate (ag + grav + ate) — to make worseबिगाड़ना, और बढ़ाना
- grave (grave) — serious, importantगंभीर
- gravely (grave + ly) — in a serious wayगंभीरता से
- graveness (grave + ness) — seriousnessगंभीरता
- gravid (grav + id) — pregnant, heavy with youngगर्भवती
- gravitas (grav + itas) — dignified seriousnessगरिमा, गंभीरता
- gravitation (grav + itation) — the pull between massesगुरुत्वाकर्षण
- gravitational (grav + itation + al) — of the pull of massगुरुत्वाकर्षण संबंधी
- graviton (grav + iton) — a particle thought to carry gravityगुरुत्व कण
- gravity (grav + ity) — force pulling things downगुरुत्वाकर्षण, गंभीरता
- gravamen (grav + amen) — the heart of a complaintशिकायत का मूल कारण