Where does “degrado” come from?
degrado (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese degradar, from Ecclesiastical Latin degradare, from Latin gradus, from Proto-Italic graðus, from Proto-Indo-European gʰradʰ-.
degrado (Portuguese): first-person singular present indicative of...
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Ancestry of “degrado”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | degradar | to degrade |
| 2 | Ecclesiastical Latin | degradare | — |
| 3 | Latin | gradus | a step, pace; a stage, degree; a rank |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | graðus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰradʰ- | — |