Where does “engraving” come from?
Engraving derives from English engrave, from English grave meaning to carve, from Latin gravis meaning heavy, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning to bear weight.
engraving (English): The practice of incising a design onto a hard,...
Definitions
- The practice of incising a design onto a hard,...
Ancestry of “engraving”, step by step
| 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 |