English
gravidity
Gravidity comes from Latin graviditas ‘pregnancy’, from gravis ‘heavy’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷreh₂-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷreh₂-1‘heavy’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷréh₂us1‘heavy’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gʷraus1‘heavy’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgravis1‘heavy’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgravō2‘to make pregnant’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgravidus2‘pregnant’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgraviditas3‘pregnancy’
- Englishtodaygravidity3
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin gravo
- 2 Wiktionary, Latin graviditas
- 3 Wiktionary, English gravidity
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷreh₂-Wiktionary, Latin gravo‘heavy’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷréh₂usWiktionary, Latin gravo‘heavy’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gʷrausWiktionary, Latin gravo‘heavy’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgravisWiktionary, Latin gravo‘heavy’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgravōWiktionary, Latin graviditas‘to make pregnant’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgravidusWiktionary, Latin graviditas‘pregnant’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgraviditasWiktionary, English gravidity‘pregnancy’
- EnglishtodaygravidityWiktionary, English gravidity
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʷreh₂- ‘heavy’
bar, guru, brigadier, brio, aggravation, brigand, gravitate, 18 more
through Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us ‘heavy’
brutal, brute, brut, baryon, barite, 16 more
through Latin gravis ‘heavy’
grief, grave, gravitation, 12 more
through Latin gravō ‘to make pregnant’
Today it means
noun pregnancy
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “gravidity”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin gravo, Latin graviditas. 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- / gravidity