French

Noun

degré m ‎(plural degrés)

1. degree

Ladin

Noun

degré m ‎(plural degrés)

1. degree, rank

Old French

Etymology

Latin gradus, with the prefix de-.

Noun

degré m ‎(oblique plural degrez, nominative singular degrez, nominative plural degré)

1. step (flat, horizontal surface on a staircase)
   • circa 1176, Chrétien de Troyes, Cligès:

     Au pié descendent del degré

     He went down the step on foot

2. staircase
   • circa 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, page 168 (of the Champion Classiques edition, ISBN 2-7453-0520-4), line 2025:

     Suz le degré languist Tristrans

     Tristan languished under the staircase

3. degree; extent

Descendants

• English: degree (borrowed)
• French degré
• Norman: dégré

References

• “degré” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).