Where does “gravar” come from?

gravar (Portuguese) comes from French graver, from Frankish graban, from Proto-Germanic grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.

gravar (Portuguese): to engrave; to carve; to record; to save; to...

Definitions

  1. to engrave; to carve; to record; to save; to...

Ancestry of “gravar”, step by step

gravar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French graver

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgraverto engrave; to carve; to burn
2Frankishgrabanto dig, engrave; to dig; to engrave
3Proto-Germanicgrabanąto dig; to engrave, scratch
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape

via Latin gravāre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingravāre—
2Latingravisheavy; troublesome, hard; grave, serious
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷréh₂usheavy
4Proto-Indo-European-usForms adjectives from Caland system roots

Words derived from “gravar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grabaną →Every word from Frankish graban →