Where does “graver” come from?

Graver comes from Middle French grave, from Latin gravis meaning "heavy," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gʰrebʰ-.

graver (English): a burin; a carver, sculptor, or engraver;...

Definitions

  1. a burin; a carver, sculptor, or engraver;...

Ancestry of “graver”, step by step

graver traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English grave

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

via Middle English gravere

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishgravereengraver, carver
2Middle EnglishgravenTo dig or excavate
3Old Englishgrafanto dig, dig up; to grave; engrave, chisel, carve
4Proto-West Germanicgrabanto dig; to engrave
5Proto-Germanicgrabanąto dig; to engrave, scratch
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰreh₁w- →