Etymology

alumnus

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Today it means: A male pupil or student. Full definition →

Latin alumnu ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- ← Proto-Italic *alomanos
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-o-mh₁no-
  3. Proto-Italic*alomanos
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  5. Latinalumnu
  6. English todayalumnus

Learned borrowing from Latin alumnus (“foster child, nourished one”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.