English

gravemaking

From grave + making.

A compound of grave + making

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

Old English macung

Middle English making

Today it means

noun Synonym of gravedigging.

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

Etymograph / gravemaking