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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesedegradarto degrade
2Ecclesiastical Latindegradare—
3Latingradusa step, pace; a stage, degree; a rank
4Proto-Italicgraðus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰradʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰradʰ- →