Etymology

educational

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Today it means: Of, or relating to education. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English education ← Latin ēducātiō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinex
  5. Latinex-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dewk-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*déwkti
  8. Proto-Italic*doukō
  9. Latindūcō
  10. Latindux
  11. Latinēducō
  12. Latinēducātiō
  13. Englisheducation
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  16. English todayeducational

From education + -al.

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