Etymology of the English word scholastic
the English word
scholasticderived from the Latin word
scholasticderived from the Greek word
scholastikos, σχολαστικός
derived from the Greek word
scholazein, σχολάζω (to take a holiday; be at leisure for (by implication, devote oneself wholly to); figuratively, to be vacant (of a house))
derived from the Greek word
schole, σχολή (properly, loitering (as a withholding of oneself from work) or leisure; a 'school' (as vacation from physical employment))
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*segh-derived from the Greek word
scholaderived from the Greek word
schole, σχολή (properly, loitering (as a withholding of oneself from work) or leisure; a 'school' (as vacation from physical employment))
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*segh-derived from the Latin word
scholasticus (of, appropriate to a school of rhetoric, any school; student, teacher, one who attends school)
derived from the Greek word
scholastikos, σχολαστικός
derived from the Greek word
scholazein, σχολάζω (to take a holiday; be at leisure for (by implication, devote oneself wholly to); figuratively, to be vacant (of a house))
derived from the Greek word
schole, σχολή (properly, loitering (as a withholding of oneself from work) or leisure; a 'school' (as vacation from physical employment))
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*segh-derived from the Greek word
scholaderived from the Greek word
schole, σχολή (properly, loitering (as a withholding of oneself from work) or leisure; a 'school' (as vacation from physical employment))
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*segh-Date
The earliest known usage of scholastic in English dates from the 16th century.
Derivations in English
interscholasticUsage
Word found in Modern English
