college
Meanings
- An academic institution.
- A specialized division of a university.
- An institution of higher education teaching undergraduates.
- A university.
- A postsecondary institution that offers vocational training and/or associate's degrees.
- A non-specialized, semi-autonomous division of a university, with its own faculty, departments, library, etc.
- An institution of further education at an intermediate level; sixth form.
- An institution for adult education at a basic or intermediate level (teaching those of any age).
- A high school or secondary school.
- A private (non-government) primary or high school.
- A residential hall associated with a university, possibly having its own tutors.
- A government high school, short for junior college.
- A census-designated place in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States.
- A township in Knox County, Ohio, United States, named for Kenyon College.
- A township in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States; it borders onto the municipality of State College, Pennsylvania.
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-der.? Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-der.? Proto-Italic *lēks Latin lēx Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin lēgō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin collēga Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin collēgiumbor. Old French college Middle French collegebor. Middle English college English college From Middle English college, from Middle French college, from Old French college, from Latin collēgium. Doublet of collegium.