Graven
/ˈɡreɪ.vən/noun
Carved or engraved, especially into a hard surface.
Did you know?Graven is the old past participle of *grave* in the sense “to carve,” from Proto-Germanic *grabanan*, a root tied to digging and scraping that also lives on in words like *grave* and *engrave*.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*gʰrebʰ-
“to dig, scrape, scratch”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*grabanan
“to dig, carve, or scratch”
Old English
OE
grafan
“to dig, bury, or carve”
Middle English
ME
graven
“carved; engraved; buried”
Modern English
English
graven
“carved or engraved”