Etymology of the English word greave
the English word
greavederived from the Old French word
grevederived from the Old French word
graverderived from the Obsolete Italian word
burinoderived from the Frankish word
grabanderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ghrebh-Date
The earliest known usage of greave in English dates from the 14th century.
Derivations in English
greavedUsage
Word found in Modern English
