Where does “gravure” come from?

gravure (Dutch) comes from French gravure, from French graver, from Frankish graban, from Proto-Germanic grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.

gravure (Dutch): engraving

Definitions

  1. engraving

Ancestry of “gravure”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgravureengraving; burning; A printing method using as...
2Frenchgraverto engrave; to carve; to burn
3Frankishgrabanto dig, engrave; to dig; to engrave
4Proto-Germanicgrabanąto dig; to engrave, scratch
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape

Words derived from “gravure”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grabaną →Every word from Frankish graban →