Etymology

graver

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Middle English gravere ← Old English græfere
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graver · noun1

  1. Old English · inherited fromgræfere
  2. Middle English · inherited fromgravere
  3. English todaygraver

From Middle English gravere, graver, gravoure, from Old English græfere, grafere (“graver; engraver; sculptor”), equivalent to grave (“to engrave”) + -er. Cognate with Dutch graveur, German Graveur, Danish gravør, Swedish gravör, Icelandic grafari.

graver · adjective2

  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 todaygraver

From grave (adjective) + -er.

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