## Etymology
From aggrieve + -ance; aggrieve is from Old French agrever ('to make heavier, oppress'), from Latin aggravare ('to make heavier'), from ad ('to') + gravare ('to weigh down'), from gravis ('heavy').

## AI Etymology
Aggrievance comes from aggrieve + -ance; aggrieve is from Old French agrever ('to make heavier, oppress'), from Latin aggravare ('to make heavier'), from ad ('to') + gravare ('to weigh down'), from gravis ('heavy'). The historical trail runs through Old French agrever and Latin gravis. Morphologically, the surface form is analyzable into prefixes, suffixes, compounds, or participial endings that carry part of the history. In modern use it means a grievance; a feeling or cause of being wronged. Related forms include aggrieve, grievance, grief, grieve.

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