Where does “gravelly” come from?
Gravelly comes from Middle English -y, Middle French -ie, Latin -ia, Latin -ivus, Latin -ia, Proto-Indo-European -kos, Proto-Indo-European -kos, ultimately tracing a suffix chain expressing quality or state through Romance and Indo-European languages.
gravelly (English): Full of, or covered with gravel or pebbles;...
Definitions
- Full of, or covered with gravel or pebbles;...
Ancestry of “gravelly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | gravel | Small fragments of rock, used for laying on the... |
| 2 | Middle English | gravel | — |
| 3 | Old French | gravele | gravel; calculus |
| 4 | Old French | ele | she; wing |
| 5 | Latin | āla | a wing appendage of an animal's body that enables it to fly |
| 6 | Latin | axla | — |
| 7 | Latin | axis | An axletree of wagon, car, chariot; The North... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | aksis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱs- | axis, axle |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |