By Richard K. Munro

Essay #3 Of course, most our words having to do with education or schools are Latin or Greek in origin but there are curiosities. A “Lore” house was originally a gloss on the Latin word school in other words a place where traditions were taught. And a “School of fish” is not, of course, a school at all but a shoal or group of fish. I would think the expression “shoal of fish” is the original expression.

Anglo-Saxon Or Germanic Or Other (unknown)	Latin (French or Romance)	Greek
School “lore”* house (originally Lat/Gr) (Grammar school/primary school) Or elementary school –k-6) SYNONYM	College       SYNONYM	#1Academy*       SYNONYM
k-12 education Elementary school middle school High School escuela	1)undergraduate division of a university Universidad/colegio universitario	1)a school for special instruction such as the military academies. academia
2)all colleges and universities in general	2) in France or Spain an secondary school NOT supported by the state. Public schools are called lycée “ lyceum” could be a place where public lectures are presented	2) secondary school esp. a private one
3)SCHOOL OF ATHENS a group of people, esp. writers,philosophers,artists Whose thought,work or style demonstrates a common origin,belief or influence.	politics/religion; Electoral College /College of Cardinals	3) can mean  university life or higher education in general “academe”*
***4) a shoal or large group of aquatic animals swimming together : *“a school of fish” GRUPO/BANCO	The Lyceum of Aristotle	Plato’s Academy
There are several schools of thought on this issue Sobre este tema hay varias Corrientes de opinión
Often translated as ‘colegio’ Escuela primaria	Liceo/instituto=high school escuela secundaria