Where does “graduating” come from?

Graduating comes from English graduate, from Latin graduatus, from Latin gradus meaning step or degree, from Latin gradi meaning to walk, from Proto-Indo-European gʰredʰ-.

graduating (English): present participle of graduate

Definitions

  1. present participle of graduate

Ancestry of “graduating”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgraduateA person who is recognized by a university as...
2Middle Englishgraduat—
3Latingraduātusgraduated
4Latingraduōto graduate
5Latingradusa step, pace; a stage, degree; a rank
6Proto-Italicgraðus—
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʰradʰ-—

Words derived from “graduating”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰradʰ- →