Reconstruction:Latin/greviare
Latin
Etymology
From grev- (“heavy”) + -iāre (causative verb-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡrevˈjaːre/
Verb
*greviāre (Proto-Western-Romance)
- to make heavy
Descendants
- North Italian:
- Old Lombard: agrezar
- Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: greujar
- Gascon: greuyar
- Occitan: greujar
- Old French: gregier
- ⇒ Norman: grégir
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*graviare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 263