Etymology · Proto-Indo-European
*gʰrebʰ-
6 English words descend from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ-, most common first.
- grabTo grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch.
- graveAn excavation in the earth as a place of burial.
- grooveA long, narrow channel or depression; e.g., such a slot cut into a hard material to provide a location for an engineering component, a tire groove, or a geological channel or depression.
- graspTo grip; to take hold, particularly with the hand.
- grappleTo seize something and hold it firmly.
- greaveA bush; a tree; a grove.