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English word graduate comes from Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ-, and later Latin graduatus (Graduated.)
*gʰredʰ- (Proto-Indo-European)
to walk, go
gradi (Latin)
gradus (Latin)
(by extension) a position, station, ground. (mathematics) degree. A braid of hair. A rank. A stage, degree. A step, pace. A step, stair, round of a ladder. Firm position, stand.
graduatus (Latin)
Graduated.
graduate (English)
(US, Canada) A person who is recognized by a high school as having completed the requirements of a course of study at the school.. A person who is recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution.. A graduated (marked) cup or other container, thus fit for measuring. (chemistry) To bring to a certain degree of consistency, by evaporation, [...]