Well attestedNamed from the place
academy
noun · first attested 15th century
Every academy is named for a grove outside Athens.
A school, learned society, or place of specialized training.
Record
- Relationship
- Named from the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 15th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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- Step 1
Akademos
- Step 2
Akademeia
- In English
academy
Plato taught in the grove of Akademeia, a sanctuary northwest of Athens named for the hero Akademos. The place-name became the word for a school of philosophy, then for schools in general.
Greece
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