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Where does “academie” come from?

academie (Dutch) comes from Middle French académie, from Latin acadēmīa, from Ancient Greek Ἀκαδημία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

academie (Dutch): academy

Definitions

  1. academy

Ancestry of “academie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchacadémie—
2Latinacadēmīa—
3Ancient GreekἈκαδημίαthe location where Plato taught
4Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
5Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
6Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “academie”

  • academisch
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