Where does “ungravelly” come from?

ungravelly (English) comes from English gravelly, from English gravel, from Middle English gravel, from Old French gravele, from Old French ele, from Latin āla, from Latin axla, from Latin axis — to drive.

ungravelly (English): Not gravelly

Definitions

  1. Not gravelly

Ancestry of “ungravelly”, step by step

ungravelly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English gravelly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgravellyFull of, or covered with gravel or pebbles;...
2EnglishgravelSmall fragments of rock, used for laying on the...
3Middle Englishgravel
4Old Frenchgravelegravel; calculus
5Old Frencheleshe; wing
6Latinālaa wing appendage of an animal's body that enables it to fly
7Latinaxla
8LatinaxisAn axletree of wagon, car, chariot; The North...
9Proto-Italicaksis
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱs-axis, axle
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱs-Every word from Proto-Italic aksis