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
- A member of the faculty at a college or...
Ancestry of “academician”, step by step
academician traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English academic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | academic | Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato;... |
| 2 | French | académique | academic |
| 3 | Latin | acadēmicus | academic; of or pertaining to the Greek academy and Platonism, as opposed to Stoic |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀκαδημικός | relating to the Academy, Academic |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ἀκαδημία | the location where Plato taught |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |