GRIEVE - Definition & Meaning for Kids
Meaning 1
Part of speech: Verb
feel grief
Categories: Suffer
Meaning 2
Part of speech: Verb
cause to feel sorrow
Example: his behavior grieves his mother
Categories: Afflict
Synonyms
🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)
The word "grieve" comes from Middle Low German grēve. It started in Old Norse greifi. Then it appeared in Middle English greve. Later, people used it in Latin gravo. After that, it was Old French grever. Over time, it became Middle English greven. Many other languages have similar words:.
- Old English: grœfa
- Old English: ġerēfa
🔗 Related Words
reeve – A related word in the same word family.
🧩 Fun Fact
Each language in this chain added phonetic changes that transformed the original sound.