Etymology of the English word discipline
the English word
disciplinederived from the Old French word
desceplinederived from the Latin word
disciplina (teaching, instruction, education)
derived from the Latin word
discipulus (student, pupil, trainee)
derived from the Latin word
discere (learn; hear, get to know)
Date
The earliest known usage of discipline in English dates from the 13th century.
Derivations in English
disciplinarian,
disciplinary,
indiscipline,
disciplined,
discipliningCognates
Dutch
discipline, French
discipline, German
Disziplin, Italian
disciplina, Lithuanian
disciplina, Norwegian
disiplin, Polish
dyscyplina, Russian
диcциплинa, Spanish
disciplina, Swedish
disciplinUsage
Word found in Modern English
