Where does “Lycée” come from?

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

Lycée (Luxembourgish): grammar school

Definitions

  1. grammar school

Ancestry of “Lycée”, step by step

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
Every word from Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων ΛύκειοςEvery word from Ancient Greek ΛύκειονEvery word from Greek λύκειο