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Where does “gravedancer” come from?

gravedancer (English) comes from English grave, from French gravier, from Old French gravé, from Medieval Latin grava, from Gaulish grawa, from Proto-Celtic grāwā, from Proto-Indo-European gʰroh₁weh₂, from Proto-Indo-European gʰreh₁w- — to grind.

gravedancer (English): One who rejoices in the death or demise of...

Definitions

  1. One who rejoices in the death or demise of...

Ancestry of “gravedancer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgraveAn excavation in the earth as a place of burial;...
2Frenchgraviergravel; crushed rocks between 5 and 40 mm in...
3Old Frenchgravé—
4Medieval Latingrava—
5Gaulishgrawa—
6Proto-Celticgrāwāgravel, pebbles
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʰroh₁weh₂—
8Proto-Indo-Europeangʰreh₁w-to grind
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰreh₁w- →