Where does “lyceum” come from?

lyceum (Dutch) comes from Latin Lyceum, from Greek λύκειο, from Ancient Greek Λύκειον, from Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων Λύκειος — Apollo of Lyceus.

lyceum (Dutch): lyceum

Definitions

  1. lyceum

Ancestry of “lyceum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinLyceum—
2Greekλύκειοsecondary school UK, high school US
3Ancient GreekΛύκειονLyceum, a gymnasium in Athens at which Aristotle founded a philosophical school
4Ancient GreekἈπόλλων ΛύκειοςApollo of Lyceus
Every word from Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων Λύκειος →Every word from Ancient Greek Λύκειον →Every word from Greek λύκειο →