Etymograph

English

egression

Egression comes from Latin ēgressiō ‘egress, going out’, from gradior ‘to step’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰredʰ-1reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgradior1‘to step’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEēgredior2‘to go or come out or forth’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEēgressiō3‘egress, going out’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1616egression3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin egredior
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin egressio
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English egression
  4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1616, Ben Jonson: “That so thou mayest have a triumphal egression”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰredʰ-Wiktionary, Latin egrediorreconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgradiorWiktionary, Latin egredior‘to step’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEēgrediorWiktionary, Latin egressio‘to go or come out or forth’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEēgressiōWiktionary, English egression‘egress, going out’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1616egressionWiktionary, English egression. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1616, Ben Jonson: “That so thou mayest have a triumphal egression”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ-

degree, graduate, progressive, progression, retrograde, gradation, gree, digression, 23 more

through Latin gradior ‘to step’

progress, congress, ingredient, gradient, aggression, aggressor, digress, regress, 24 more

Today it means

noun The act of going; egress.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “egression”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin egredior, Latin egressio. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ- / egression

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