student

student · noun, adjective¹

1. Latin · derived fromstudēns
2. Old French · derived fromestudiant
3. Middle English · inherited fromstudent
4. English todaystudent

From Middle English student, studient, from Old French estudiant, estudiente, from Latin studēns, present participle of studeō (“dedicate oneself to, study”). Equivalent to stud(y) + -ent.

Student · adjective²

From the pen-name of Irish statistician William Sealy Gosset.