Where does “graveling” come from?

graveling (English) comes from English gravelling, from English gravel, from Middle English gravel, from Old French gravele, from Old French ele, from Latin āla, from Latin axla, from Latin axis — to drive.

graveling (English): Alternative form of gravelling; present...

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of gravelling; present...

Ancestry of “graveling”, step by step

graveling traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English gravelling

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgravellingThe parr or young salmon; present participle of...
2EnglishgravelSmall fragments of rock, used for laying on the...
3Middle Englishgravel
4Old Frenchgravelegravel; calculus
5Old Frencheleshe; wing
6Latinālaa wing appendage of an animal's body that enables it to fly
7Latinaxla
8LatinaxisAn axletree of wagon, car, chariot; The North...
9Proto-Italicaksis
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱs-axis, axle
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

via English ing

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishingA meadow, especially a low meadow near a river;...
2Middle Englishing
3Old Englishingmeadow, water meadow, ing
4Old Norseengmeadow
5Proto-GermanicangijōA low lying meadow in a valley or near a river
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂énkoscurve, bend
7Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱs-Every word from Proto-Italic aksis