circa 1500, "weight, dignity, seriousness, solemnity of deportment or character, importance"
from Old French gravité "seriousness, thoughtfulness"
from Latin gravitatem (nominative gravitas) "weight, heaviness, pressure"
from gravis "heavy"
from PIE root *gwere- "heavy"
gravitation seems to be a more appropriate term for what is often referred to as gravity (sense of "gravitational attraction").
~☉~ | lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context |
⚜ | classic definition |
☣ | artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense |