English
graveler
Graveler comes from Middle English gravelere.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gravelere
- Englishearliest quotation 1838graveler
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gravelere
- Englishearliest quotation 1838graveler
Earliest quotation: 1838, The Court magazine and belle assemblée a: “In time to pass muster as a gatherer of…”
Formed from gravel + -er
Proto-Indo-European *gʰroh₁weh₂
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Medieval Latin grava
Old French grave ‘gravel, seashore’
Old French gravele
Middle English gravel
English gravel
Every English word from Middle English gravelere
Today it means
noun One who deals, sells, or works with gravel
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English gravelere / graveler