Etymology

scholium

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Today it means: A note added to a text as an explanation, criticism or commentary. Full definition →

Ancient Greek σχόλιον
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσχόλιον“comment”
  2. English todayscholium

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek σχόλιον (skhólion, “comment”), from σχολή (skholḗ, “discussion”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekσχόλιον all →

scholiast

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