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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

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
6Latināla—
7Latinaxla—
8LatinaxisAn axletree of wagon, car, chariot; The North...
9Proto-Italicaksis—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱs-axis, axle
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive
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