myEtymology.com: French etymology of grief

1. Etymology of the French word grief

the Old French word grief

derived from the Old French word grever

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-

The earliest known usage of grief in French dates from the 13th century.

English grief

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

Word found in Old French

derived from the French word grief

derived from the Vulgar Latin word grevis

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

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

Word found in Old French