Etymology

unacademic

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Today it means: Not academic. Full definition →

English academic ← French académique ← Latin acadēmicu
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Ancient GreekἈκάδημος (Akádēmos)
  9. Ancient GreekἈκαδημία (Akadēmía)
  10. Ancient GreekἈκάδημος (Akádēmos)
  11. Ancient GreekἈκαδήμεια (Akadḗmeia)
  12. Ancient Greekἀκαδημικός (akadēmikós)
  13. Medieval Latinacadēmicus
  14. Latinacadēmicu
  15. Frenchacadémique
  16. Englishacademic
  17. English todayunacademic

From un- + academic.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.