Etymology of the English word grief
the English word
griefderived from the Old French word
griefderived from the Old French word
greverderived 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-derived from the Anglo-French word
grefderived from the Anglo-French word
greverDate
The earliest known usage of grief in English dates from the 13th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
