Where does “engravable” come from?
engravable (English) comes from English engrave, from English ingrave, from English grave, from French gravier, from Old French gravé, from Medieval Latin grava, from Gaulish grawa, from Proto-Celtic grāwā — to grind.
engravable (English): Capable of being engraved
Definitions
- Capable of being engraved
Ancestry of “engravable”, step by step
engravable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English engrave
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | engrave | To carve text or symbols into (something), usually for the purposes of identification or art |
| 2 | English | ingrave | Obsolete form of engrave; To bury |
| 3 | English | grave | An excavation in the earth as a place of burial;... |
| 4 | French | gravier | gravel; crushed rocks between 5 and 40 mm in... |
| 5 | Old French | gravé | gravel |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | grava | — |
| 7 | Gaulish | grawa | — |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | grāwā | gravel, pebbles |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰroh₁weh₂ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰreh₁w- | to grind |
via English able
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | able | Easy to use; Suitable; competent; Liable to |
| 2 | Middle English | able | capable, expert, qualified, skilful, competent |
| 3 | Old French | able | able; capable |
| 4 | Latin | habilis | able to have/possess/maintain; having sufficient... |
| 5 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |