Grievability
/ˌɡriːvəˈbɪləti/noun
The quality of being able to cause grief or be grievous; in legal use, the quality of being grievable or actionable.
Did you know?Grievability is a modern abstract formation from Latin-rooted grief language, and its deeper ancestry goes back to a Proto-Indo-European root meaning “heavy” or “burdensome,” as if sorrow itself were something weighty.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*gʷerə-
“heavy; weighty, burdensome”
Latin
Latin
gravis
“heavy; serious, severe”
Old French
Old French
grever
“to burden, oppress, harm”
Middle English
English
grieven
“to grieve, distress, afflict”
Modern English
English
grievability
“the quality of being grievous or capable of causing grief; in some legal contexts, being grievable or actionable”