grádh from gradus?

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    Marcoman
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    I’ve heard that the word grádh comes from the Latin word gradus?
    Can it be true?

    #41366
    Labhrás
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    MacBain’s [url=http://www.ceantar.org/Dicts/MB2/index.html]”An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language”[/url]:

    gràdh
    love, Irish grádh, Early Irish grád: *grâdo-, *grâ-dho-, root @grâ; Latin gra@-tus, English grateful; Sanskrit gûrdháya, praise; Greek @Ggéras, honour.

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    Lughaidh
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    It’s a bit strange that Latin t corresponds to Irish dh… normally it is Latin d that corresponds to Irish dh…

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