Where does “paleogravel” come from?

paleogravel (English) comes from English gravel, from Middle English gravel, from Old French gravele, from Old French ele, from Latin āla, from Latin axla, from Latin axis, from Proto-Italic aksis — to drive.

paleogravel (English): Ancient gravel

Definitions

  1. Ancient gravel

Ancestry of “paleogravel”, step by step

paleogravel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English gravel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgravelSmall fragments of rock, used for laying on the...
2Middle Englishgravel
3Old Frenchgravelegravel; calculus
4Old Frencheleshe; wing
5Latinālaa wing appendage of an animal's body that enables it to fly
6Latinaxla
7LatinaxisAn axletree of wagon, car, chariot; The North...
8Proto-Italicaksis
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱs-axis, axle
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

via English paleo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpaleoClipping of paleodiet
2Hawaiianleovoice; sound; command; verbal message
3Proto-Polynesianleovoice; language; speech
4Proto-Oceanicleqo
5Proto-Oceanic*(qa-)liqoʀthroat front part of the neck
6Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*liqəʀ
7Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*liqəʀ
8Proto-Malayo-Polynesianliqəʀneck
9Proto-Austronesianliqəʀneck
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱs-Every word from Proto-Italic aksis