English
gravemound
From grave + mound.
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
Proto-Indo-European *mh₂-nt-éh₂ ‘the beckoning one’
Proto-Germanic *mundō ‘hand’
Proto-West Germanic *mundu ‘hand’
Old English mund ‘hand, hand of protection, protector,…’
Middle English mound ‘protection, boundary, raised earthen rampart’
English mound
Today it means
noun A tumulus over a tomb.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / gravemound