Etymology of the French word école
the French word
écolederived from the Late Latin word
schola (school; followers of a system, teacher)
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 école in French dates from the 11th century.
Derivations in French
écolage,
avion-école,
vaisseau-école,
auto-écoleCognates
Dutch
school, Dutch
zullen, English
school, English
shall, German
Schule, German
sollen, Icelandic
skóli, Icelandic
skulu, Italian
scuola, Provençal
escola, Spanish
escuela, Swedish
skola
