Where does “gravelessness” come from?
gravelessness (English) comes from English graveless, 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 — to grind.
gravelessness (English): Absence of a grave
Definitions
- Absence of a grave
Ancestry of “gravelessness”, step by step
gravelessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English graveless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | graveless | Without a grave; unburied |
| 2 | English | grave | An excavation in the earth as a place of burial;... |
| 3 | French | gravier | gravel; crushed rocks between 5 and 40 mm in... |
| 4 | Old French | gravé | gravel |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | grava | — |
| 6 | Gaulish | grawa | — |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | grāwā | gravel, pebbles |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰroh₁weh₂ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰreh₁w- | to grind |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |