-grade

English

Etymology

From Latin gradus (“step, degree”) and gradior (“walk”).

Suffix

-grade

  1. (zoology) Describes a specified way of walking or locomotion, especially according to the limbs or organs utilized.
  3. Describes a specified direction.
  5. (rare) Describes a variation along a scale or gradient.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -grade
ciliograde
cirrigrade
digitigrade
gravigrade
laterigrade
orthograde
palmigrade
phalangigrade
physograde
plantigrade
pronograde
pulmograde
rectigrade
saltigrade
spinigrade
taligrade
unguligrade
vermigrade
English terms suffixed with -grade (direction)
antegrade
anterograde
posigrade
posterograde
prograde
retrograde
English terms suffixed with -grade (variation)
clinograde
heterograde
terms ending in -grade otherwise formed
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