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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Middle English pedagoge, from Middle French pedagogue, from Latin paedagōgus, from Ancient Greek παιδαγωγός (paidagōgós), from παῖς (paîs, “child”) + ἀγωγός (agōgós, “guide”) (from ἄγω (ágō, “lead”)).[1] By surface analysis, ped- (“child”) + -agogue.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pedagogue (plural pedagogues)
- A teacher or instructor of children; one whose occupation is to teach the young.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
- Jones chid the pedagogue for his interruption, and then the stranger proceeded.
- A pedant; one who by teaching has become overly formal or pedantic in his or her ways; one who has the manner of a teacher.
- 1759 November 21 (Gregorian calendar), [Oliver] Goldsmith, “On Education”, in The Bee, a Select Collection of Essays, on the Most Interesting and Entertaining Subjects, […], new edition, number VI, London: […] W[illiam] Lane, […], published c. 1790, →OCLC, page 177:
- And novv I have gone thus far, perhaps you vvill think me ſome pedagogue, vvilling, by a vvell-timed puff, to encreaſe the reputation of his ovvn ſchool; but ſuch is not the caſe.
- (historical, Ancient Greece) A slave who led the master's children to school, and had the charge of them generally.
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Translations[edit]
teacher
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pedant
See also[edit]
Verb[edit]
pedagogue (third-person singular simple present pedagogues, present participle pedagoguing, simple past and past participle pedagogued)
- To teach.
References[edit]
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “pedagogue”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Middle French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
First attested circa 1371,[1] borrowed from Latin paedagōgus, from Ancient Greek παιδαγωγός (paidagōgós).
Noun[edit]
pedagogue m (plural pedagogues)
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Etymology and history of “pedagogue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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