Etymology

tuition

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Today it means: The training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor. Full definition →

Anglo-Norman tuycioun ← Old French tuicion ← Latin tuitiō
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromtuitiō“guard, protection, defense”
  2. Old French · derived fromtuicion
  3. Anglo-Norman · derived fromtuycioun
  4. English todaytuition

From Anglo-Norman tuycioun, from Old French tuicion, from Latin tuitiō (“guard, protection, defense”), from tuēri (“to watch, guard, see, observe”). Compare intuition, tutor.

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