•gradation (a passing by small degrees from one tone or shade, as of color, to another) · gradation (the act of gradating or arranging in grades) · a sudden growth in the strength of some pest for a given crop
climax, culmination (point of greatest intensity or force) · climax (turning point in a plot or in dramatic action) · climax (stage in ecological development)
verbal noun of степену́вам (stepenúvam): gradation (the act of gradating or arranging in grades) · comparison (ability of adjectives and adverbs to form three degrees)
köken: By surface analysis, степену́вам (stepenúvam) + -не (-ne).
Etymology tree Latin gradus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin gradātus Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin gradātiōlbor. Polish gradacja Learned borrowing from Latin gradātiō.