275: school Sep 9, 2015

The noun 'school' has several meanings. It can be an institution of educational, and it can be a group of fish. Although the words are spelt the same now, they both have different etymologies. The intellectual sense of the word derives from the Old English word 'scōl, scolu', via Latin from Greek 'skholē' which means ‘leisure, philosophy, or place where lectures are given’, which was reinforced in Middle English by the Old French word for school, 'escole'. 'School in the sense of 'fish' comes from late Middle English: from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch 'schōle', and it is related to the English word, 'shoal'.