Etymograph

English

indegree

From in + degree.

A compound of in + degree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in

Proto-West Germanic *in

Old English in

Middle English in ‘inside’

English in

Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ- ‘to walk’

Proto-Italic *graðus

Latin gradus ‘a step’

Old French degré ‘step’

Middle English degre ‘a degree or generation of ancestry’

English degree

Today it means

noun The number of edges directed into a vertex in a directed graph

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / indegree