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graduate (n.)
late 15c., from M.L.
graduatus
, pp. of
graduari
"to take a degree," from L.
gradus
"step, grade" (see
grade
). The abbreviated form
grad
is attested from 1871. The verb is 1580s (trans.), 1807 (intrans.).