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English word origin

Etymology of study

Inherited from Middle English studien, from Old French estudier (Modern French étudier), from estudie (noun), borrowed from Latin studium. Displaced Old English cneordlæcan.

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
verb

To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for an examination. · To take a course or courses on a subject. · To acquire knowledge on a subject with the intention of applying it in practice. · To look at carefully and minutely.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Inherited from Middle English studien, from Old French estudier (Modern French étudier), from estudie (noun), borrowed from Latin studium. Displaced Old English cneordlæcan.

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
noun

Mental effort to acquire knowledge or learning. · The act of studying or examining; examination. · Any particular branch of learning that is studied; any object of attentive consideration. · A room in a house intended for reading and writing; traditionally the private room of the male head of household.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Inherited from Middle English studie, from Old French estudie (Modern French étude), borrowed from Latin studium (“zeal, dedication, study”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd- (“to push, to hit”). Doublet of etude and studio.

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

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