Etymology

-grade

Today it means: Describes a specified way of walking or locomotion, especially according to the limbs or organs utilized. Full definition →

Latin gradus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromgradus“step, degree”
  2. English today-grade

From Latin gradus (“step, degree”) and gradior (“walk”).

Words from the same roots

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.