Proto-Indo-European

*gʰredʰ-

‘to walk, go’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ-.

40 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ-, most familiar first.

• degree ← degre ← degré ← gradus ← *graðus
• congress ← congressum ← congredior ← gradior
• progress ← progresse ← progres ← prōgressus ← prōgredior
• graduate ← graduat ← graduātus ← graduō ← gradus
• progressive ← progressif ← prōgressīvus ← prōgredior ← gradior
• aggression ← aggressiō ← aggredior ← gradior
• progression ← progressioun ← prōgressiō ← prōgredior ← gradior
• ingredient ← ingrediens ← ingredior ← gradior
• gradient ← gradiēns ← gradior
• retrograde ← retrograd ← retrōgradus
• aggressor ← aggredior ← gradior
• digress ← dīgressum ← dīgressus ← dīgredior ← gradior

More words from *gʰredʰ-

• regress
• gradation
• gree
• digression
• nonaggression
• intergrade
• aggressionism
• aggressionist
• antiaggression
• autoaggression
• bioaggressor
• congression
• degression
• egression
• graduand
• gradatim
• grassation
• gressory
• hyperaggression
• introgress
• macroaggression
• microaggressor
• nanoaggression
• nonaggressor
• overaggression
• retrogress
• regrede
• unaggression

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ-