English
john school
John school comes from English john ‘(slang) a prostitute's client’.
- English1500–presentjohn‘(slang) a prostitute's client’
- Englishtodayjohn school
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- English1500–presentjohn‘(slang) a prostitute's client’
- Englishtodayjohn school
A compound of john ‘(slang) a prostitute's client’ + school
Ancient Greek σχολή ‘spare time, leisure’
Late Latin schola ‘school, lecture’
Proto-West Germanic *skōlu ‘school’
Old English scōl ‘place of education’
Middle English scole ‘school’
English school
Every English word from English john
Today it means
noun A police-run program in which men arrested for soliciting prostitutes agree to attend lectures from former prostitutes as an alternative to paying a fine or spending time in jail.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / English john / john school