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grave (Adjective) "heavy," "serious" 10th cent. Old Spanish grave "heavy," "serious," "difficult." The meaning of "difficult" was eventually replaced in Old Spanish by difícil. From Latin gravis 'id.' From Proto-Italic *grawus 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *g^wreh₂-u̯s 'id.' From the root *g^wreh₂- "to be heavy." Indo-European Romance Portuguese grave, Catalan greu, French grave, Italian grave, Aromanian greu, Romanian grev Italic Oscan bravús Germanic Gothic *kaurus Hellenic Hellenic Ancient Greek βαρύς (barys) "heavy" (whence bajo) Indo-Iranian Sanskrit gurú- Tocharian A krāmärts, B krāmär "weight" Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.