English
gravelike
From grave + -like.
Formed from grave + -like
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
Today it means
adj Resembling or characteristic of a grave (burial place).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / gravelike