Etymology

academicianship

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Today it means: A membership in a national academy of arts or sciences Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *skapjaną ← English academician ← French académique
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The story

  1. Ancient GreekἈκάδημος (Akádēmos)
  2. Ancient GreekἈκαδημία (Akadēmía)
  3. Ancient GreekἈκάδημος (Akádēmos)
  4. Ancient GreekἈκαδήμεια (Akadḗmeia)
  5. Ancient Greekἀκαδημικός (akadēmikós)
  6. Medieval Latinacadēmicus
  7. Latinacadēmicu
  8. Frenchacadémique
  9. Englishacademic
  10. Englishacademician
  11. Proto-Germanic*skapjaną
  12. English todayacademicianship

From academician + -ship.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.