Greave Definition

Origin of Greave

• From Middle English greve, greyve, from Old English grǣfa, grēfa (“pit, cave, hole, grave, trench”), from Proto-Germanic *grōbō (“pit, ditch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to dig, scratch, scrape”). Cognate with North Frisian groop (“pit, sewer, gutter”), Dutch groef (“pit, hole, gutter”), German Grube (“pit, hole”), Icelandic gröf (“pit, grave”).

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• From Middle English greve, from Old English grǣfe, grǣfa (“bush, bramble, grove, thicket, copse, brush-wood (for burning), fuel”), from Proto-Germanic *grainiz (“twig”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Old Norse grein (“branch, bough”), Old English grāf, grāfa (“grove”). See grove.

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• From Middle English greve, grayve, from Old French greve (“shin”), of unknown origin.

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• Sing. of Middle English greves from Old French shins

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• From greaves, animal fat.

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