Where does “educated” come from?
Educated comes from Latin educatus, past participle of educare meaning to lead out or bring up, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root educo.
educated (English): Having attained a level of higher education, such...
Definitions
- Having attained a level of higher education, such...
Ancestry of “educated”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | educate | to instruct or train |
| 2 | Latin | educatus | brought up, having been brought up, reared,... |
| 3 | Latin | ēducō | to lead, draw or take out, forth or away |
| 4 | Latin | dux | leader, head; commander, general, captain;... |
| 5 | Latin | dūcō | to lead, guide, conduct, lead away |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | doukō | lead |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | déwketi | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dewk- | to pull, to draw; to lead |