Etymology

-grave

Today it means: Used to signify a local ruler or administrator. Full definition →

Old Saxon grēve ← German Graf ← Proto-West Germanic *garāfijō
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The story

  1. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*garāfijō
  2. German · derived fromGraf“count”
  3. Old Saxon · derived fromgrēve
  4. English today-grave

From Old Saxon grēve, typically used in translations of feudal German titles ending in German Graf (“count”), from Proto-West Germanic *garāfijō.

Words from the same roots

GermanGraf all →

grafgraff

Proto-West Germanic*garāfijō all →

reeve

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.