Academic Words in English
- academy – Greek Akademos, after a legendary teacher
- archaeology – Greek arkhaiologia, "study of ancient things"
- book – Proto-Germanic bokiz, "beech" (to carve words on)
- college – Latin collegium, "community, society, guild"
- educate – Latin educare, "rear, bring up"
- history – Greek historia, "learning or knowing by inquiry"
- kindergarten – German kindergarten, "children's garden"
- learn – Proto-Germanic liznojan, "to find the track"
- literature – Latin lit(t)era, "letter"
- mathematics – Greek mathematos, "science, knowledge"
- museum – Greek mouseion, "seat or shrine of the Muses"
- psychology – Greek psykhelogia, "study of the soul"
- read – Proto-Germanic raedanan, "to advise, counsel, guess"
- school – Greek skhole, "lecture, discussion"
- science – Latin scire, "to distinguish"
- study – Latin studere, "to be diligent"
- teach – Proto-Germanic taikijanan, "to show, point out"
- university – Latin universitatem, "corporation, society"
- write – Proto-Germanic writanan, "scratch, score"