Etymograph

English

schoolage

From school + -age.

Formed from school + -age

Ancient Greek σχολή ‘spare time, leisure’

Late Latin schola ‘school, lecture’

Proto-West Germanic *skōlu ‘school’

Old English scōl ‘place of education’

Middle English scole ‘school’

English school

Today it means

noun A fee required for tuition at a school; a salary paid to a teacher.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “schoolage”. 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.

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