Etymograph

English

scholion

Scholion comes from Ancient Greek σχόλῐον ‘interpretation, comment’, from σχολή ‘learning, lecture’, and perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- ‘to hold’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*seǵʰ-1‘to hold’uncertain
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sǵʰ-h₃-l-éh₂1uncertain
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*skʰolā́1‘holding back’reconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσχολή2‘learning, lecture’
  5. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσχόλῐον3skhólĭon‘interpretation, comment’
  6. New Latinc. 1500–1900scholion3
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1579scholion3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek σχολή
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek σχόλιον
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English scholion
  4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1579, E. K., Spenser’s Sheph. Cal.: “Hereunto haue I added a certain Glosse, or scholion,…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*seǵʰ-Wiktionary, Ancient Greek σχολή‘to hold’uncertain
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sǵʰ-h₃-l-éh₂Wiktionary, Ancient Greek σχολήuncertain
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*skʰolā́Wiktionary, Ancient Greek σχολή‘holding back’reconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσχολήWiktionary, Ancient Greek σχόλιον‘learning, lecture’
  5. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσχόλῐονWiktionary, English scholionskhólĭon‘interpretation, comment’
  6. New Latinc. 1500–1900scholionWiktionary, English scholion
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1579scholionWiktionary, English scholion. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1579, E. K., Spenser’s Sheph. Cal.: “Hereunto haue I added a certain Glosse, or scholion,…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- ‘to hold’

severe, sketch, severity, hector, perseverance, hectic, epoch, schema, 24 more

through Ancient Greek σχολή ‘learning, lecture’

school, shul, 5 more

Today it means

noun A scholium.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “scholion”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Ancient Greek σχολή, Ancient Greek σχόλιον. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- / scholion

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