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Where does “students” come from?

students (English) comes from English student, from Middle English student, from Old French estudiant, from Latin studēns, from Latin studeō.

students (English): plural of student

Definitions

  1. plural of student

Ancestry of “students”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstudentA person who studies or learns about a particular...
2Middle Englishstudent—
3Old Frenchestudiantstudent
4Latinstudēns—
5Latinstudeō—
Every word from Latin studeō →