Where does “groves” come from?

Groves derives from Middle English grave, Old English græf, Proto-Germanic grabą, and Proto-Indo-European gʰrebʰ-, meaning to dig or excavate.

groves (English): plural of grove; Third-person singular simple...

Definitions

  1. plural of grove; Third-person singular simple...

Ancestry of “groves”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgroveA small forest; An orchard of fruit trees; A...
2Middle Englishgrovegrove small forest
3Old Englishgrāfgrove
Every word from Old English grāf →Every word from Middle English grove →Every word from English grove →