Where does “liceum” come from?

liceum (Polish) comes from Latin Lyceum, from Greek λύκειο, from Ancient Greek Λύκειον, from Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων Λύκειος — Apollo of Lyceus.

liceum (Polish): A type of high school in Poland, starting at age...

Definitions

  1. A type of high school in Poland, starting at age...

Ancestry of “liceum”, step by step

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

Words derived from “liceum”

Every word from Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων Λύκειος →Every word from Ancient Greek Λύκειον →Every word from Greek λύκειο →