The story
- Latin · derived fromgravō“to burden”
- Old French · derived fromgrever
- Anglo-Norman · derived fromgrevous
- Middle English · inherited fromgrevous
- English todaygrievous
From Middle English grevous, from Anglo-Norman grevous, from Old French grever, from Latin gravō (“to burden”). Developed in the 13th century. Equivalent to grief + -ous.
Words from the same roots
Old Frenchgrever all →
grieve
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.