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Where does “académie” come from?

académie (Middle French) comes from Latin acadēmīa, from Ancient Greek Ἀκαδημία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Ancestry of “académie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinacadēmīa—
2Ancient GreekἈκαδημίαthe location where Plato taught
3Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
4Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
5Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “académie”

  • academisch
  • academie
  • akademie
  • akademi
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