Etymology of the English word academy
the English word
academyderived from the Latin word
academyderived from the Latin word
Academia (academy, university; gymnasium where Plato taught)
Date
The earliest known usage of academy in English dates from the 16th century.
Cognates
Dutch
academie, French
académie, German
Akademie, Icelandic
akademía, Italian
accademia, Lithuanian
akademija, Polish
akademia, Russian
aкaдемия, Swedish
akademiUsage
Word found in Modern English
