Where does “Academy” come from?
Academy comes from French académie, from Latin academia, from Ancient Greek Ἀκαδημία, the name of Plato's school of philosophy in Athens.
Ancestry of “Academy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | académie | academy |
| 2 | Latin | acadēmīa | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Ἀκαδημία | the location where Plato taught |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |