graven etymology

Middle English word graven comes from Proto-Indo-European *gherbh-, Proto-Indo-European *gʰrābʰ-, and later Proto-Germanic *grabaną (To dig. To engrave, scratch.)

Detailed word origin of graven

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
*gherbh- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*gʰrābʰ- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) to dig, scratch, scrape
*gʰróbʰ- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*grabaną Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) To dig. To engrave, scratch.
grafan Old English (ang) To dig, dig up. To grave; engrave, chisel, carve.
graven Middle English (enm)

Words with the same origin as graven

Descendants of *gherbh-
begraven gar garbe gare garen garfysche garren gere gersum grafe greve greyve grofe groof grope groupe grov grove græf yare yaren yerken ȝare ȝarken