Etymograph

English

aggrege

Aggrege comes from Latin aggravō ‘to add to or increase the weight of, make…’, from gravis ‘heavy’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷreh₂-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷreh₂-1‘heavy’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷréh₂us1‘heavy’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gʷraus1‘heavy’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgravis1‘heavy’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgravō1‘weigh down’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaggravō2‘to add to or increase the weight of, make heavier, weigh down’
  7. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*aggraviō2reconstructed
  8. Old Frenchc. 842–1400agreger2
  9. Englishtodayaggrege2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin aggravo
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English aggrege

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷreh₂-Wiktionary, Latin aggravo‘heavy’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷréh₂usWiktionary, Latin aggravo‘heavy’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gʷrausWiktionary, Latin aggravo‘heavy’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgravisWiktionary, Latin aggravo‘heavy’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgravōWiktionary, Latin aggravo‘weigh down’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaggravōWiktionary, English aggrege‘to add to or increase the weight of, make heavier, weigh down’
  7. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*aggraviōWiktionary, English aggregereconstructed
  8. Old Frenchc. 842–1400agregerWiktionary, English aggrege
  9. EnglishtodayaggregeWiktionary, English aggrege

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *gʷreh₂- ‘heavy’

bar, guru, brigadier, gravitate, brio, aggravation, brigand, 16 more

through Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us ‘heavy’

brutal, brute, brut, barite, baryon, 14 more

through Latin gravis ‘heavy’

grave, gravity, grief, gravitation, gravitas, 10 more

through Latin gravō ‘weigh down’

grieve, grievous, grievance, 7 more

through Latin aggravō ‘to add to or increase the weight of, make…’

aggravate, 1 more

Today it means

verb To make heavy; to aggravate, make graver.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “aggrege”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin aggravo. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʷreh₂- / aggrege

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