English

gravedance

From grave + dance.

A compound of grave + dance

Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- ‘to dig, scratch, scrape’

Proto-Germanic *grabą

Proto-West Germanic *grab

Old English græf ‘cave, grave, trench’

Middle English grave ‘grave, burial’

English grave

Vulgar Latin *dantiāre

Anglo-Norman dancier

Middle English dauncen ‘to dance’

English dance

Today it means

noun A celebratory dance performed on a grave.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / gravedance