Where does “undergraduate” come from?
Undergraduate comes from English under- combined with graduate, which derives from Middle English graduate, from Latin gradus (step, degree), from Latin gradi (to walk), from Proto-Indo-European gʰredʰ- (to walk) and h₁en (in).
undergraduate (English): A student at a university who has not yet...
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- A student at a university who has not yet...
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