Etymology of the English word antigravity
the English word
antigravityderived from the English word
gravityderived from the Old French word
gravitéderived from the Latin word
gravitas (weight; dignity; gravity)
derived from the Classical Latin word
gravis (heavy; painful; important)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gʷerə-derived from the French word
gravityderived from the Latin word
gravitas (weight; dignity; gravity)
derived from the Classical Latin word
gravis (heavy; painful; important)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gʷerə-using the English prefix
anti-derived from the New Latin prefix
anti-derived from the Greek prefix
anti-, ἀντι-
derived from the Greek word
anti, ἀντί (against, before, opposite, instead or because of)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*anti-Usage
Word found in Modern English
