There is no evidence to show that ‘School’ means ‘Study Centre House of Organised Learning’ - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
June 29, 2022
A post is being widely shared on social media claiming that ‘School’ is an abbreviation for ‘Study Centre House of Organised Learning’. Let us fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: ‘School’ is an abbreviation for ‘Study Centre House of Organised Learning’.
Fact: There is no evidence to show that ‘School’ means ‘Study Centre House of Organised Learning’. According to its etymology, ‘School’ is from Greek’s ‘Skhole’. ‘Skhole’ in Greek means leisure. ‘School’ in English means a place of instruction. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
When we searched online regarding the full form or meaning of ‘School’, we could not find any credible information which say that it is an abbreviation for ‘Study Centre House of Organised Learning’.
The etymology (study of origin of the words) of School from the online etymology dictionary does not mention ‘School’ to be ‘Study Centre House of Organised Learning’. According to its etymology, ‘School’ is from Greek’s ‘Skhole’. ‘Skhole’ in Greek means leisure, ‘schola’ in Latin means leisure for learning. Whereas ‘School’ in English is a place of instruction.
To sum it up, there is no evidence to show that ‘School’ means ‘Study Centre House of Organised Learning’