Where does “grava” come from?
grava (Romanian) comes from French graver, from Frankish graban, from Proto-Germanic grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.
grava (Romanian): to engrave
Ancestry of “grava”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | graver | to engrave; to carve; to burn |
| 2 | Frankish | graban | to dig, engrave; to dig; to engrave |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | grabaną | to dig; to engrave, scratch |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrābʰ- | to dig, scratch, scrape |
Words derived from “grava”