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Where does “academician” come from?

Academician derives from English academic, French académique, and Ancient Greek ἀκαδημικός, an adjective formed from Ἀκαδημία, Plato's school in Athens named after the hero Akademos.

academician (English): A member of the faculty at a college or...

Definitions

  1. A member of the faculty at a college or...

Ancestry of “academician”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishacademicBelonging to the school or philosophy of Plato;...
2Frenchacadémiqueacademic
3Latinacadēmicus—
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...

Words derived from “academician”

  • academicianship
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