Where does “grove” come from?

Grove comes from Middle English grove, from Old English græf, from Proto-Germanic grabą, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gʰrebʰ-.

grove (English): A small forest; An orchard of fruit trees; A...

Definitions

  1. A small forest; An orchard of fruit trees; A...

Ancestry of “grove”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishgrovegrove small forest
2Old Englishgrāfgrove

Words derived from “grove”

Every word from Old English grāf →Every word from Middle English grove →