graven

graven · verb, adjective¹

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*grabaną“to dig, trench”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*grabanaz
3. Old English · inherited fromgrafen
4. Middle English · inherited fromgraven
5. English todaygraven

From Middle English graven, igraven, from Old English grafen, ġegrafen, from Proto-Germanic *grabanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *grabaną (“to dig, trench”).

graven · verb²

From graven (adjective) above.

graven · verb³

1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷreh₂-
2. Proto-Indo-European*gʷréh₂us
3. Proto-Italic*gʷraus
4. Latingravis
5. Medieval Latingravō
6. Medieval Latingrava
7. Old Frenchgrave
8. Middle Frenchgrave
9. Englishgrave
10. English todaygraven

From grave (adjective) + -en.

Graven · proper noun⁴

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*grōbō
2. Old Norse · derived fromgróf“depression, hollow”
3. Proto-Germanic · derived from*grabą
4. Old Saxon · derived fromgraf
5. Middle Low German · derived fromgrav“moat, ditch”
6. English todayGraven

* As an English surname, a topographic surname for someone living near a ditch, from Middle Low German grav (“moat, ditch”), from Old Saxon graf, from Proto-Germanic *grabą, the source of grave. * As a Norwegian surname, from Old Norse gróf (“depression, hollow”), from Proto-Germanic *grōbō.

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