Where does “graveco” come from?
graveco (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto grava, from English grave, from French gravier, from Old French gravé, from Medieval Latin grava, from Gaulish grawa, from Proto-Celtic grāwā, from Proto-Indo-European gʰroh₁weh₂ — to grind.
graveco (Esperanto): importance; seriousness, graveness
Definitions
- importance; seriousness, graveness
Ancestry of “graveco”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | grava | important; serious, grave |
| 2 | English | grave | An excavation in the earth as a place of burial;... |
| 3 | French | gravier | gravel; crushed rocks between 5 and 40 mm in... |
| 4 | Old French | gravé | gravel |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | grava | — |
| 6 | Gaulish | grawa | — |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | grāwā | gravel, pebbles |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰroh₁weh₂ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰreh₁w- | to grind |