greyve etymology

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

Detailed word origin of greyve

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
*gherbh- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*grabaną Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) To dig. To engrave, scratch.
*grōbō Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) Hole, ditch, pit.
grēfa Old English (ang)
greve Middle English (enm)

Words with the same origin as greyve

Descendants of *gherbh-
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