tuition English · revision 10694

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1292|origins=xno tuycioun|origins=la tuitio}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /tʃuˈɪʃ.ən/, /tjuˈɪʃ.ən/, US /tuˈɪʃ.ən/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|xno|tuycioun]], Old French tuicion, guardianship,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) a learned borrowing of Latin tuitiō, a guarding, protection,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from tuērī, to look after, watch over,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Cresswell 2021) which Barnhart compares with Old Irish cumtūth, protection.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Looking after or taking care of, custody: 1292 in the OED;^(OED 1989) about 1410 in Barnhart, the early 15th century in Etymonline.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The position of a guardian over a ward is from 1494.^(OED 1989) The sense of teaching or instructing pupils is from the 1580s, 1582 in the OED,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)^(Cresswell 2021) on the notion of the tutor as a guardian;^(Etymonline) [[tutor]] comes from the same root.^(Cresswell 2021) Money paid for instruction is first recorded in 1828 in American English, probably short for ''tuition fees''.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1292 – care, custody.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1494 – guardianship.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1582 – teaching.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1828 – fees for teaching (US).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Teaching or instruction, especially of a small group or individual.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(chiefly US)'' The fee charged for instruction, especially at a [[college]] or [[university]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(archaic)'' Guardianship.^(AHD)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[tuitional]]

+ * [[tuitionless]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[tutelage]]

+ * [[tutelar]]

+ * [[tutelary]]

+ * [[tutor]]

+ * [[tutorial]]

+ * [[intuition]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}