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Where does “grassator” come from?

grassator (Latin) comes from Latin grassor, from Latin gradior, from Latin gradus, from Proto-Italic graðus, from Proto-Indo-European gʰradʰ-.

grassator (Latin): vagabond; bully, hoodlum, criminal; second-person...

Definitions

  1. vagabond; bully, hoodlum, criminal; second-person...

Ancestry of “grassator”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatingrassorI go or march on; I advance; I move around; I...
2LatingradiorI step, walk; I advance, go
3Latingradusa step, pace; a stage, degree; a rank
4Proto-Italicgraðus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰradʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰradʰ- →