gradualness
Meaningbeing step by step
Common meaning: the quality of happening by small steps
- grada step; to step, walkLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 821 · scan
- ualadjective ending: having to do with
- nessthe state of being
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin gradus; gradior ‘a step; to step, walk’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry gradus, p. 821 · dictionary scan
Roots
- gradus; gradior, gressus Latin “a step; to step, walk”
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