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Etymology of the English word aggravating

the English word aggravating

derived from the English word aggravate

derived from the Latin word aggravare (aggravate, exaggerate; weigh down)

derived from the Late Latin word gravare (load, weigh down; burden)

derived from the Classical Latin word gravis (heavy; painful; important)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷerə-

using the English suffix -ing

Dutch graven, English grave, French grief, French grave, German graben, German gravierend, German Gravis, Icelandic grafa, Italian grave, Latin gravis, Norwegian graverende, Portuguese grave, Spanish grave, Swedish gräva, Swedish graverand

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