Where does “academicals” come from?

academicals (English) comes from English academic, from French académique, from Latin acadēmicus, from Ancient Greek ἀκαδημικός, 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...

academicals (English): The articles of dress prescribed and worn at some...

Definitions

  1. The articles of dress prescribed and worn at some...

Ancestry of “academicals”, step by step

academicals traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English academic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishacademicBelonging to the school or philosophy of Plato;...
2Frenchacadémiqueacademic
3Latinacadēmicusacademic; of or pertaining to the Greek academy and Platonism, as opposed to Stoic
4Ancient Greekἀκαδημικόςrelating to the Academy, Academic
5Ancient GreekἈκαδημίαthe location where Plato taught
6Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
7Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
8Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via English AL

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishALInitialism of assembly language; Initialism of...
2Dutchalall, all of; already; yet
3Middle Dutchalall, all of; completely; even though, no matter...
4Old Dutchāl
5Proto-West Germanicallall
6Proto-Germanicallazall
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂él-to grow, nourish
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱEvery word from Ancient Greek Ἀκαδημία