scholastic

What it means

1. human sciencesA member of the medieval philosophical school of scholasticism; a medieval Christian Aristotelian.

In a sentence

This award is for the greatest scholastic achievement by a graduating student.

Where it comes from

1. Ancient Greekσχολαστικός
2. Latinscholasticus
3. Middle Frenchscholastique
4. Englishscholastic

Borrowed from Middle French scholastique, from Latin scholasticus, from Ancient Greek σχολαστικός (skholastikós).