English
scholastic
Scholastic comes from Ancient Greek σχολαστικός ‘enjoying leisure’, and goes back to Proto-Hellenic *skʰolā́ ‘holding back’.
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*skʰolā́‘holding back’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσχολή‘leisure, free time’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEσχολάζω‘to be at leisure, have spare time’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEσχολαστικόςskholastikós‘enjoying leisure’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEscholasticus
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600scholastique
- Englishearliest quotation 1689scholastic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*skʰolā́‘holding back’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσχολή‘leisure, free time’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEσχολάζω‘to be at leisure, have spare time’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEσχολαστικόςskholastikós‘enjoying leisure’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEscholasticus
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600scholastique
- Englishearliest quotation 1689scholastic
Earliest quotation: 1689, An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […]: “And hence it is that men, even when they…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- ‘to hold’
severe, sketch, severity, hector, perseverance, epoch, hectic, schema, 24 more
through Ancient Greek σχολή ‘leisure, free time’
Today it means
noun A member of the medieval philosophical school of scholasticism; a medieval Christian Aristotelian.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Hellenic *skʰolā́ / scholastic