Etymology

disciplinary

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Today it means: Having to do with discipline, or with the imposition of discipline. Full definition →

Medieval Latin disciplinarius ← Latin disciplina
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromdisciplina“instruction, teaching, field of study, habit”
  2. Medieval Latin · borrowed fromdisciplinarius
  3. English todaydisciplinary

From Medieval Latin disciplinarius, from Latin disciplina (“instruction, teaching, field of study, habit”).

Words from the same roots

Latindisciplina all →

discipline

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