Where does “postgraduate” come from?

Postgraduate comes from English post, Latin post meaning "after," combined with graduate from Latin gradus meaning "step" or "degree," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gʰredʰ- and pós.

postgraduate (English): A person continuing to study in a field after...

Definitions

  1. A person continuing to study in a field after...

Ancestry of “postgraduate”, 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 “postgraduate”

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