scholar

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European*seǵʰ-
2. Proto-Hellenic*skʰolā́
3. Ancient Greekσχολή (skholḗ)
4. Latinschola
5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
7. Late Latinscholāris
8. Old Englishscōlere
9. Middle Englishscolere
10. English todayscholar

From Middle English scolar, scolare, scoler, scolere (also scholer), from Old English scōlere (“scholar, learner”), from Late Latin scholāris, from schola (“school”), from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ, “spare time, leisure", later, "conversations and the knowledge gained through them during free time; the places where these conversations took place”), equivalent to school + -ar. Doublet of schooler, Schuyler, and escolar. Compare Saterland Frisian Sköiler, Middle Low German schö̂lære, schö̂lere, schö̂ler (> modern German Low German Schöler), Dutch scholier, German Schüler.

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