Is it derived from a German word, as the 'sch' at the start suggests..?
2006-12-30 04:03:03 · 6 answers · asked by gadmack2000 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
The word school originates in hell
2006-12-30 06:29:48 · answer #1 · answered by mary_jo91 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's surely derived from the Greek "scholé ". The Latin "schola" is also derived from the Greek term.
The original meaning was "rest","leisure" and also all the activities carried out during the spare time (out of job's hours)included the learning and the enriching of its own interests.
Therefore just Greek origin,not Latin or German....!!
2006-12-30 05:06:04 · answer #2 · answered by martox45 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The German word Schule, like the English word school, came originally from the Latin schola -ae f. [learned leisure; conversation , debate; a lecture, dissertation; a school; a sect].
2006-12-30 04:11:41 · answer #3 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It comes from greek. Many languages have a word similar to it.
english: school
german: Schule
italian:scuola
french: école (é is sometimes in place of a s)
spanish: escuela
2006-12-30 05:56:52 · answer #4 · answered by sunshine 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Greek ÏÏολε (skhole) meant learned discussion or place for lectures > Latin schola > Old Eng. scól > Mod. Eng. school.
2006-12-30 04:09:57 · answer #5 · answered by JJ 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, sorta. German (and the Romance languages) by way of Latin and Greek.
2006-12-30 04:07:13 · answer #6 · answered by Hyte 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋