Etymograph

English

graveship

From grave + -ship.

Formed from grave + -ship

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

noun The role or status of grave (a person holding office).

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

Etymograph / graveship