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English

education

/ˌɛd͡ʒ.ʊˈkeɪ.ʃən/
The process of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment.

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    Origin

    Borrowed from Middle French éducation, from Latin ēducātiō (“a breeding, bringing up, rearing”), from ēducō (“to educate, train”), from ēdūcō (“to lead forth, to take out; to raise up, to erect”). See educate.

    Morphologically educate + -ion.

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    Lineage

    • derivedLatinēducātiō
      • partLatinēducō “lead out, draw out; to raise up, erect”
        • partLatinex- “out of”
          • derivedLatinex “out”
            • inheritedProto-Italic*eks
            • derivedLate Latincambiō “I exchange”
            • derivedMedieval Latinwardare
            • derivedAncient Greekαὔρα “breath”
            • derivedMiddle English-ing
            • derivedFrenchlancer “to dart, throw”
          • derivedAncient Greekτῦφος “fever”
            • derivedProto-Indo-European*dʰewbʰ- “plug, peg, wedge”
          • derivedLate Latincappa “cape, cloak”
            • derivedLatincapitulāre
          • derivedOld Frenchcoche “notch”
          • derivedFrankish*friþu “security, peace”
            • derivedProto-Germanic*friþuz “peace”
          • derivedFrenchexpatrier
          • derivedProto-Indo-European*(s)ker- “to cut; shorten; skimp”
          • derivedProto-Indo-European*h₃reǵ- “to straighten”
          • derivedVulgar Latin*catafalcum “viewing stage”
            • derivedAncient Greekκᾰτᾰ- “down”
          • derivedProto-Indo-European*káput “head”
            • derivedProto-Indo-European*kap- “to take, grasp, hold”
          • derivedGerman-ine
        • partLatindux “leader”
          • partLatindūcō “lead; draw”
            • inheritedProto-Italic*doukō
          • partLatin-s
            • inheritedProto-Indo-European*-s
        • partLatin-ō “denominative”
          • inheritedProto-Italic*-āō
          • derivedProto-Indo-European*-ō
          • inheritedProto-Italic*-ōd
            • inheritedProto-Indo-European*-éad
          • derivedProto-Indo-European*-Hō
      • partLatin-tiō “-tion”
        • inheritedProto-Italic*-tiō
          • derivedProto-Indo-European*-tiHō
          • derivedProto-Indo-European*-tis
        • derivedProto-Italic*-tiō
    • rootProto-Indo-European*dewk- “to lead; to draw, pull”

    Meanings

    noun
    1. The process of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment.
    2. Facts, skills and ideas that have been learned, especially through formal instruction.
    3. Upbringing, rearing.

    Sources

    • Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0
    • Wiktionary: education