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retro gradi
Latin · ancient
"to go backward"
to go backward, from retro- (backward) and gradi (to step, to walk)
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retrogradus
Latin · ancient
"moving backward"
moving backward, from retrogradi
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retrograde
English · 1300s
"moving backward, or reverting to an earlier and worse state"
settled as the English word for moving backward or reverting to an earlier state
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