grade

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*gʰradʰ-
2. Proto-Italic · derived from*graðus
3. Latin · derived fromgradus“a step, pace, degree”
4. Middle French · borrowed fromgrade“a grade, degree”
5. English todaygrade

Borrowed from Middle French grade (“a grade, degree”), from Latin gradus (“a step, pace, degree”), from Proto-Italic *graðus, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰradʰ-, *gʰredʰ- (“to walk, go”). Doublet of gradus. Cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐌹𐌸𐍃 (griþs, “step, grade”), Bavarian Gritt (“step, stride”), Lithuanian gri̇̀diju (“to go, wander”).

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