gradual
English
/ˈɡɹædʒuəl/, /ˈɡɹadʒuəl/, /ˈɡɹɛdʒʉɘl/, /-uæl/
adj
Definitions
- Proceeding or advancing by small, slow, regular steps or degrees
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin graduālis, gradus (degree, step, pace, a step, a station, a step in a ladder stair, position) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʰradʰ-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʰradʰ-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- gradualism English
- gradualist English
- gradualistic English
- graduality English
- gradualize English
- gradually English
- gradualness English
- nongradual English
- ungradual English
- *dēgradus Latin
- gradatim Latin
- gradus Latin
- graduālis Latin
- grádus Hungarian
- Grado Italian
- grado Italian
- grade French
- гра́дус Russian
- градус Russian
- grado Spanish, Castilian
- gradual Spanish, Castilian
- *gʰradʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰredʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- grad Norwegian Bokmål
- gradual Portuguese
- *gridiz Proto-Germanic
- grad Norwegian Nynorsk
- grad Old English
- degré Old French
- gré Old French
- gradual Catalan, Valencian
- grau Catalan, Valencian
- gradual Galician
- grao Galician
- gradd Welsh
- graet Middle Dutch
- grád Old Irish
- градус Bulgarian
- 𐌲𐍂𐌹𐌸𐍃 Gothic