Where does “centigrado” come from?

centigrado (Italian) comes from Italian Grado, from Latin gradus, from Proto-Italic graðus, from Proto-Indo-European gʰradʰ-.

centigrado (Italian): centigrade

Definitions

  1. centigrade

Ancestry of “centigrado”, step by step

centigrado traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian Grado

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianGradodegree
2Latingradusa step, pace; a stage, degree; a rank
3Proto-Italicgraðus—
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʰradʰ-—

via Italian centi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancenti—

Words derived from “centigrado”

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