Etymograph

English

learnfare

Blend of learn + welfare.

A blend of learn + welfare

Proto-Indo-European *leys- ‘track, furrow, trace’

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Proto-Germanic *lizaną ‘to know’

Proto-West Germanic *liʀnōn ‘to learn’

Old English leornian ‘to learn’

Middle English lernen ‘to learn’

English learn

Middle English welefare

English welfare

Today it means

noun A welfare system in which a person must attend college etc. in order to receive payment.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / learnfare