Etymology

From the present participle гряду́щий ‎(grjadúščij, “approaching”), from грясти ‎(grjasti, “to be coming, to be approaching”) (грядёт ‎(grjadjót)), from Old East Slavic грѧсти ‎(grѧsti), from Proto-Slavic *gręsti ‎(“to go”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrHdʰ-. Cognate with Latin gradior, Sanskrit गृध्यति ‎(gṛdhyati, “to endeavour to gain, to covet”), Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐌹𐌳 ‎(grid, “step”), English progress, congress, ingress, grade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡrʲɪˈduɕːɪje]