Where does “Akademie” come from?
Akademie (Luxembourgish) comes from German Akademie, from Italian accademia, from Spanish academia, from Russian академия, from French académie, from Latin acadēmīa, from Ancient Greek Ἀκαδημία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Akademie (Luxembourgish): academy
Definitions
- academy
Ancestry of “Akademie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Akademie | academy |
| 2 | Italian | accademia | academy |
| 3 | Spanish | academia | academy |
| 4 | Russian | академия | academy; college |
| 5 | French | académie | academy |
| 6 | Latin | acadēmīa | academy, academe |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Ἀκαδημία | the location where Plato taught |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |