Etymograph

English

gravedancer

From grave + dancer.

A compound of grave + dancer

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

Middle English dauncer

English dancer

Today it means

noun One who rejoices in the death or demise of another; one who dances on someone's grave.

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

Etymograph / gravedancer