student English · revision 3292

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=before 1398|origins=la studium}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ˈstjuː.dənt/, US /ˈstuː.dənt/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|student]], an alteration, under the influence of [[la|studēre|t=to be eager, apply oneself, study]], of earlier studient,^(Barnhart 1988)^(AHD 2000) [[bor|fro|estudiant|t=student, one who is studying]] (modern French étudiant),^(Etymonline)^(AHD 2000)^(Barnhart 1988) the noun use of the present participle of [[m|fro|estudier|t=to study]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) from [[la-med|studiāre|t=to study]],^(Etymonline)^(AHD 2000) from [[la|studium|t=zeal, painstaking application, study]].^(Etymonline)^(COED 2004) Hoad, Merriam-Webster and the COED derive it directly from Latin studēns, the present participle of studēre.^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024)^(COED 2004) It is related to [[study]].^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A studious person, one who pursues knowledge: before 1398 as studient,^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989) and as student probably before 1425, in a translation of Higden's ''Polychronicon''.^(Barnhart 1988) Forms without the -i- appear by the early 15th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A person following a course of study at a university is from about 1430.^(OED 1989) At Christ Church, Oxford, a ''Student'' is a member of the foundation, like a fellow elsewhere, from 1651.^(OED 1989) From about 1900, at first in American English, the word was used of pupils at primary and secondary schools.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) An Old English word for a student was leorningcild, “learning-child”.^(Etymonline) ''Student teacher'' is from 1851, American English.^(Etymonline) ''Student's t-test'' in statistics is named after the pseudonym “Student” of William Sealy Gosset, a brewery employee.^(SOED 2002)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * before 1398 – studient, a studious person.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * before 1425 – the form student.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * c. 1430 – a university student.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1651 – a Student of Christ Church, Oxford.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1851 – ''student teacher''.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1900 – a school pupil (US).^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A person who attends a [[school]], [[college]] or [[university]].^(AHD)^(SOED 2002)

+ # A person who studies or takes a close interest in a subject: ''a student of history''.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

+ # ''(Oxford)'' A member of the foundation of Christ Church.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[studentless]]

+ * [[studentlike]]

+ * [[antistudent]]

+ * [[nonstudent]]

+ * [[studentship]]

+ * [[student lamp]]

+ * [[exchange student]]

+ * [[student body]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[study]]

+ * [[studio]]

+ * [[studious]]

+ * [[étude]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}