Where does “grav” come from?

grav (Haitian Creole) comes from French gravé, from Middle French grave, from Old French gravé, from Medieval Latin grava, from Gaulish grawa, from Proto-Celtic grāwā, from Proto-Indo-European gʰroh₁weh₂, from Proto-Indo-European gʰreh₁w- — to grind.

grav (Haitian Creole): grave, serious

Definitions

  1. grave, serious

Ancestry of “grav”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgravépast participle of graver; burned
2Middle Frenchgravegravel
3Old Frenchgravégravel
4Medieval Latingrava
5Gaulishgrawa
6Proto-Celticgrāwāgravel, pebbles
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʰroh₁weh₂
8Proto-Indo-Europeangʰreh₁w-to grind
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰreh₁w-