Where does “pirogravură” come from?
pirogravură (Romanian) comes from French pyrogravure, from French gravure, from French graver, from Frankish graban, from Proto-Germanic grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.
pirogravură (Romanian): pyrogravure
Definitions
- pyrogravure
Ancestry of “pirogravură”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | pyrogravure | pyrography |
| 2 | French | gravure | engraving; burning; A printing method using as... |
| 3 | French | graver | to engrave; to carve; to burn |
| 4 | Frankish | graban | to dig, engrave; to dig; to engrave |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | grabaną | to dig; to engrave, scratch |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrābʰ- | to dig, scratch, scrape |