Where does “gravele” come from?

gravele (Old French) comes from Old French ele, from Latin āla, from Latin axla, from Latin axis, from Proto-Italic aksis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱs-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.

gravele (Old French): gravel; calculus

Definitions

  1. gravel; calculus

Ancestry of “gravele”, step by step

gravele traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French ele

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frencheleshe; wing
2Latinālaa wing appendage of an animal's body that enables it to fly
3Latinaxla—
4LatinaxisAn axletree of wagon, car, chariot; The North...
5Proto-Italicaksis—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱs-axis, axle
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

via Old French gravé

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchgravégravel
2Medieval Latingrava—
3Gaulishgrawa—
4Proto-Celticgrāwāgravel, pebbles
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰroh₁weh₂—
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʰreh₁w-to grind

Words derived from “gravele”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱs- →Every word from Proto-Italic aksis →