Origin

via French from Latin -gradus, from gradus a step, from gradī to walk

-grade

Word Origin

a combining form meaning “walking, moving,” in the manner or by the means specified by the initial element:

plantigrade.

Origin

< Latin -gradus, combining form representing gradus step or gradī to walk. See grade, gradient

Related Words

centigrade
digitigrade
laterigrade
pinnigrade
plantigrade
posigrade rocket

-gradea word element meaning 'walking', 'moving', 'going', as in retrograde.

[combining form representing Latin gradus step or gradī (verb) walk. See grade, gradient]

-grade
adjective combining form

ETYMOLOGY French, from Latin -gradus, from gradi

: walking
plantigrade

-gradean adj. suffix repr. L. -gradus stepping, walking (f. stem of gradus step, gradī to step, walk), occurring in a few L. compounds, e.g. retrōgradus retrograde, tardigradus tardigrade. Hence in mod.L. scientific formations, as digitigradus digitigrade, plantigradus plantigrade.

-grade
\ˌgrād\ adjective combining form
Etymology: French, from Latin -gradus going (from gradi to step, go) — more at grade
: walking
< digitigrade >
< plantigrade >
— chiefly in zoological terms

词汇	-grade
词根词缀	Collins Dictionary.com Macquarie MWCD OED Webster -grade combining form in adjective indicating a kind or manner of movement or progression ⇒ plantigrade ⇒ retrograde Origin via French from Latin -gradus, from gradus a step, from gradī to walk -grade Word Origin 1 a combining form meaning “walking, moving,” in the manner or by the means specified by the initial element: plantigrade. Origin < Latin -gradus, combining form representing gradus step or gradī to walk. See grade, gradient Related Words centigrade digitigrade laterigrade pinnigrade plantigrade posigrade rocket -gradea word element meaning 'walking', 'moving', 'going', as in retrograde. [combining form representing Latin gradus step or gradī (verb) walk. See grade, gradient] -grade adjective combining form ETYMOLOGY French, from Latin -gradus, from gradi : walking plantigrade -gradean adj. suffix repr. L. -gradus stepping, walking (f. stem of gradus step, gradī to step, walk), occurring in a few L. compounds, e.g. retrōgradus retrograde, tardigradus tardigrade. Hence in mod.L. scientific formations, as digitigradus digitigrade, plantigradus plantigrade. -grade \ˌgrād\ adjective combining form Etymology: French, from Latin -gradus going (from gradi to step, go) — more at grade : walking < digitigrade > < plantigrade > — chiefly in zoological terms
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