Etymology of the French word académie
the French word
académiederived from the Latin word
Academia (academy, university; gymnasium where Plato taught)
Date
The earliest known usage of académie in French dates from the 16th century.
Derivations in French
académiste,
académisme,
académiserDerivations in other languages
Romanian
academieCognates
Dutch
academie, English
academy, German
Akademie, Icelandic
akademía, Italian
accademia, Lithuanian
akademija, Polish
akademia, Russian
aкaдемия, Swedish
akademi
