Etymograph

English

regrede

Regrede comes from Latin regredior ‘to go back’, from gradior ‘step, walk’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰredʰ-1reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgradior1‘step, walk’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEregredior2as regredi‘to go back’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1878regrede2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin regredior
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English regrede
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1878, The Educational Times: “[…] the instantaneous parabola decreases in magnitude and descends…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰredʰ-Wiktionary, Latin regrediorreconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgradiorWiktionary, Latin regredior‘step, walk’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEregrediorWiktionary, English regredeas regredi‘to go back’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1878regredeWiktionary, English regrede. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1878, The Educational Times: “[…] the instantaneous parabola decreases in magnitude and descends…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ-

graduate, progressive, degree, progression, retrograde, gradation, digression, gree, 24 more

through Latin gradior ‘step, walk’

congress, progress, aggression, gradient, ingredient, aggressor, digress, 25 more

Today it means

verb To go back; to retrograde, as the apsis of a planet's orbit.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “regrede”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin regredior. 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- / regrede

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