Where does “gravat” come from?
gravat (Romanian) comes from Romanian grava, from French graver, from Frankish graban, from Proto-Germanic grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.
gravat (Romanian): engraved; past participle of grava
Definitions
- engraved; past participle of grava
Ancestry of “gravat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | grava | to engrave |
| 2 | French | graver | to engrave; to carve; to burn |
| 3 | Frankish | graban | to dig, engrave; to dig; to engrave |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | grabaną | to dig; to engrave, scratch |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrābʰ- | to dig, scratch, scrape |