English
gressory
Gressory comes from Latin gressus ‘walked’, from gradior ‘step, go, walk’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰredʰ-‘to walk, go’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgradior‘step, go, walk’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgressus‘walked’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgressōrius
- Englishearliest quotation 1792gressory
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰredʰ-‘to walk, go’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgradior‘step, go, walk’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgressus‘walked’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgressōrius
- Englishearliest quotation 1792gressory
Earliest quotation: 1792, Natural history of insects. Chapter III: “The anterior pair of feet are compreſſed laterally, and…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ- ‘to walk, go’
degree, graduate, progressive, progression, retrograde, gradation, gree, digression, 23 more
through Latin gradior ‘step, go, walk’
congress, progress, ingredient, gradient, aggression, aggressor, digress, regress, 24 more
through Latin gressus ‘walked’
Today it means
adj Gressorial.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ- / gressory