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Where does “grado” come from?

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

grado (Italian): degree; level; rank

Definitions

  1. degree; level; rank

Ancestry of “grado”, step by step

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

Words derived from “grado”

  • decigrado
  • monogrado
  • multigrado
  • malgrado
  • gradare
  • anterogrado
  • retrogradare
  • malgraŭ
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰradʰ- →