English

schoolkeeper

From school + keeper.

A compound of school + keeper

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’

Middle English kepere

Today it means

noun The person who owns and operates a (usually small and traditional) school.

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

Etymograph / schoolkeeper