Etymology

scholarship

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Today it means: A grant-in-aid to a student. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *skapjaną ← English scholar ← Middle English scolere
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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. Englishscholar
  11. Proto-Germanic*skapjaną
  12. English todayscholarship

From scholar + -ship.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.