Where does “electroengraving” come from?
electroengraving (English) comes from English engraving, from English engrave, from English ingrave, from English grave, from French gravier, from Old French gravé, from Medieval Latin grava, from Gaulish grawa — to grind.
electroengraving (English): The art or process of engraving by means of...
Definitions
- The art or process of engraving by means of...
Ancestry of “electroengraving”, step by step
electroengraving traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English engraving
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | engraving | The practice of incising a design onto a hard,... |
| 2 | English | engrave | To carve text or symbols into (something), usually for the purposes of identification or art |
| 3 | English | ingrave | Obsolete form of engrave; To bury |
| 4 | English | grave | An excavation in the earth as a place of burial;... |
| 5 | French | gravier | gravel; crushed rocks between 5 and 40 mm in... |
| 6 | Old French | gravé | gravel |
| 7 | Medieval Latin | grava | — |
| 8 | Gaulish | grawa | — |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | grāwā | gravel, pebbles |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰroh₁weh₂ | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰreh₁w- | to grind |
via English electro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | electro | An electrotype; An electronic style of hip hop;... |