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English word grove comes from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreb-, Old English grāfa, Old English graf (Grove.)
*gʰreb- (Proto-Indo-European)
to dig, scrape, bury
grāfa (Old English)
graf (Old English)
Grove.
*grabaną (Proto-Germanic)
To dig. To engrave, scratch.
*grōbō (Proto-Germanic)
Hole, ditch, pit.
*grabō (Proto-Germanic)
*grōf (Old English)
græf (Old English)
Grave.
grafe (Middle English)
grove (English)
(Druidism, Wicca) A place of worship.. A small forest.. An orchard of fruit trees. (forestry, of trees) To cultivate with periodic harvesting that also serves to create order (gaps and lines of trees) to facilitate further harvesting.. To cultivate in groves; to grow naturally so as to form groves.. To plough or gouge with lines.