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Where does “akademisk” come from?

akademisk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål akademi, from French académie, 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...

akademisk (Norwegian Bokmål): academic, academical; academic; theoretic, having...

Definitions

  1. academic, academical; academic; theoretic, having...

Ancestry of “akademisk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålakademian academy
2Frenchacadémieacademy
3Latinacadēmīa—
4Ancient GreekἈκαδημίαthe location where Plato taught
5Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
6Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
7Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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