-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

dextrograde

digitigrade

gravigrade

laterigrade

orthograde

palmigrade

phalangigrade

physograde

plantigrade

pronograde

pulmograde

rectigrade

saltigrade

sinistrograde

spinigrade

taligrade

unguligrade

vermigrade

English terms suffixed with -grade (direction)

antegrade

anterograde

posigrade

posterograde

prograde

retrograde

English terms suffixed with -grade (variation)

clinograde

heterograde

Related terms

terms ending in -grade otherwise formed

• citigrade
• tardigrade