Etymology of the French word gravitation
the French word
gravitationderived from the Latin word
gravitatioderived from the New Latin word
gravitare (revolve)
derived 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-Date
The earliest known usage of gravitation in French dates from the 18th century.
Derivations in French
gravitationnel,
gravitatoire,
graviton,
agravitation,
antigravitationDerivations in other languages
Romanian
gravitaţieCognates
Dutch
gravitatie, English
gravitation, German
Gravitation, Norwegian
gravitasjon, Swedish
gravitation
