Where does “liceo” come from?

liceo (Esperanto) comes from French lycée, from Latin Lyceum, from Greek λύκειο, from Ancient Greek Λύκειον, from Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων Λύκειος — Apollo of Lyceus.

liceo (Esperanto): secondary school

Definitions

  1. secondary school

Ancestry of “liceo”, step by step

liceo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French lycée

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlycéea public secondary school
2LatinLyceum
3Greekλύκειοsecondary school UK, high school US
4Ancient GreekΛύκειονLyceum, a gymnasium in Athens at which Aristotle founded a philosophical school
5Ancient GreekἈπόλλων ΛύκειοςApollo of Lyceus

via Italian liceo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianliceoA type of Italian secondary school/high school...
Every word from Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων ΛύκειοςEvery word from Ancient Greek ΛύκειονEvery word from Greek λύκειο
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