English

gravestand

Blend of grave + grandstand.

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

verb To exploit someone's death for a selfish purpose.

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

Etymograph / gravestand