English
gownie
From gown + -ie.
Formed from gown + -ie
Proto-Slavic *guna ‘coarse fur clothing’
Late Latin gunna ‘leather garment, a fur’
Old French goune
Anglo-Norman goune
Middle English gowne ‘a gown or robe’
English gown
Today it means
noun A person living in a university town who has some academic connection with the university.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / gownie