Where does “grader” come from?
Grader derives from English grade plus the agent suffix -er, with grade coming from French grade, from Latin gradus meaning a step or degree.
grader (English): A machine used in road maintenance and...
Definitions
- A machine used in road maintenance and...
Ancestry of “grader”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | grade | A rating; The performance of an individual or... |
| 2 | French | grade | rank; gradian |
| 3 | Latin | gradus | a step, pace; a stage, degree; a rank |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | graðus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰradʰ- | — |
Words derived from “grader”