verb/ɡʁa.viʁ/
to climb up
Related: gravir les échelons
Related to Old French graue (“claw”), from the idea of climbing using claws. Inherited from Old French gravir, from Frankish *krawjan, related to Proto-Germanic *krauwōn, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to wind, twist”), see also Proto-Germanic *krōkaz (“hook”).