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1. Ancient GreekἈκάδημος (Akádēmos)
2. Ancient GreekἈκαδήμεια (Akadḗmeia)
3. New Latinacadēmī̆a
4. English todayacademia

Borrowed from New Latin acadēmīa, from Ancient Greek Ἀκαδημία (Akadēmía), a grove of trees and gymnasium outside of Athens where Plato taught; from the name of the supposed former owner of that estate, the Attica hero Akademos. Doublet of academe, academy, and Akademeia. Modern sense of “the world of universities and scholarship” recorded from 1956.

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• from 1956 The scientific and cultural community engaged in higher education and research, taken as a whole.