Where does “grau” come from?

grau (Catalan) comes from Latin gradus, from Proto-Italic graðus, from Proto-Indo-European gʰradʰ-.

grau (Catalan): degree, level; degree, extent; grade, year, form

Definitions

  1. degree, level; degree, extent; grade, year, form

Ancestry of “grau”, step by step

grau traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin gradus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingradusa step, pace; a stage, degree; a rank
2Proto-Italicgraðus—
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʰradʰ-—

via Catalan Guerau

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1CatalanGuerau—
2Old CatalanGuerau—
3Frankish*Gaiʀwald—

Words derived from “grau”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰradʰ- →Every word from Proto-Italic graðus →Every word from Latin gradus →