Where does “bigrade” come from?

bigrade (English) comes from English grade, from French grade, from Latin gradus, from Proto-Italic graðus, from Proto-Indo-European gʰradʰ-.

bigrade (English): Belonging to a certain conjugation class of verbs...

Definitions

  1. Belonging to a certain conjugation class of verbs...

Ancestry of “bigrade”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgradeA rating; The performance of an individual or...
2Frenchgraderank; gradian
3Latingradusa step, pace; a stage, degree; a rank
4Proto-Italicgraðus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰradʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰradʰ- →Every word from Proto-Italic graðus →Every word from Latin gradus →