Where does “graduieren” come from?

graduieren (German) comes from French graduer, from Latin graduare, from Latin gradus, from Proto-Italic graðus, from Proto-Indo-European gʰradʰ-.

graduieren (German): to calibrate, graduate

Definitions

  1. to calibrate, graduate

Ancestry of “graduieren”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgraduerto graduate
2Latingraduareto graduate
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 →