Academy

What “Academy” means

Noun

1. An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university; typically a private school.
2. A school or place of training in which some special art is taught.
3. A society of learned people united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science.
4. Academia.
5. A body of established opinion in a particular field, regarded as authoritative.

Where the word comes from

Etymology tree Ancient Greek Ἀκάδημος (Akádēmos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek Ἀκαδήμεια (Akadḗmeia)der. Classical Latin acadēmī̆ader. Middle English Achademia English academy From Middle English Achademia, achademy, Achademye, achadomye, from Classical Latin Acadēmī̆a /acadēmī̆a, from Ancient Greek Ἀκαδημία (Akadēmía), a grove of trees and gymnasium outside of Athens where Plato taught; from the name of the supposed former owner of that estate, the Attic hero Akademos. Doublet of academe, academia, and Akademeia.

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