English

high school

/ˈhaɪ.skul/
An institution which provides all or part of secondary education.

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    Inherited from Middle English hyȝ scole (“school for higher education”). Cognate with Dutch hogeschool (“academy, university, graduate school”), German Hochschule (“academy, college, university”). By surface analysis, high + school.

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    • inheritedMiddle Englishhyȝ scole “school for higher education”

    Related: Dutch hogeschool, German Hochschule

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