Etymology of the English word gravel
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-Date
The earliest known usage of gravel in English dates from the 13th century.
Derivations in English
gravel-blind,
graveldiver,
gravelly,
graveled,
gravelingDerivations in other languages
Romanian
gravelitUsage
Word found in Modern English
