Etymology of the English word gravel-blind
the English word
gravel-blindderived from the English word
gravelderived from the Old French word
gravelederived from the Old French word
gravederived from the Classical Latin word
gravis (heavy; painful; important)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gʷerə-derived from the English word
blindderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*bhel-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*blindazDate
The earliest known usage of gravel-blind in English dates from the 16th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
