1. Etymology of the French word grade

Date

The earliest known usage of grade in French dates from the 18th century.

Derivations in French

gradé, décigrade, centigrade, milligrade, sans-grade

Derivations in other languages

English grade

Cognates

Dutch graad, English grade, German Grad, Icelandic gráda, Italian grado, Latin gradus, Norwegian grad, Swedish grad

2. Etymology of the French word grade