Английский Этимологический словарь - school (1)

- "place of instruction," O.E. scol, from L. schola, from Gk. skhole "school, lecture, discussion, leisure," originally "a holding back, a keeping clear," from skhein "to get" + -ole by analogy with bole "a throw," stole "outfit," etc. The original notion is "leisure," which passed to "otiose discussion," then "place for such." Replaced O.E. larhus "lore house." Sense of "people united by a general similarity of principles and methods" is from 1612. The verb is from 1573.