Where does “gravé” come from?

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

gravé (Old French): gravel

Definitions

  1. gravel

Ancestry of “gravé”, step by step

gravé traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Medieval Latin grava

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latingrava—
2Gaulishgrawa—
3Proto-Celticgrāwāgravel, pebbles
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʰroh₁weh₂—
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰreh₁w-to grind

via Latin gravis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingravisheavy; troublesome, hard; grave, serious
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʷréh₂usheavy
3Proto-Indo-European-usForms adjectives from Caland system roots

Words derived from “gravé”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰreh₁w- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰroh₁weh₂ →Every word from Proto-Celtic grāwā →