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Gradual

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means happening or changing slowly, over a period of time
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Stage 1 of 2
gradus
Latin · ancient
"a step"
a step, the root behind change occurring step by step
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Stage 2 of 2
gradual
English · 1400s
"happening slowly, step by step"
settled as the English word for something happening slowly, step by step
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