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Where does “Ἀκαδημία” come from?

Ἀκαδημία (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Ἀκαδημία (Ancient Greek): the location where Plato taught

Definitions

  1. the location where Plato taught

Ancestry of “Ἀκαδημία”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
2Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
3Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “Ἀκαδημία”

  • academic
  • Academy
  • academy
  • academia
  • academically
  • academical
  • academe
  • nonacademic
  • academician
  • academicism
  • unacademic
  • academism
  • Academicism
  • academicization
  • academicals
  • academese
  • antiacademic
  • Academism
  • Akademeia
  • academicist
  • academicize
  • nonacademically
  • unacademically
  • unacademical
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