Town & work
school
Source:scholaLatin · “school (from Greek scholē 'leisure')”probable
The Latin source is certain; the exact route into each language is less so.
English
school
Polish
szkoła
ˈʂkɔwaCognateSame source — the sound laws connect them.
In all five languages
BCS script
- Russianшко́лаškolaˈʂkoləborrowed · Latin schola, via Polish
- Ukrainianшко́лаškolaˈʃkɔlaborrowed · Latin schola, via Polish
- Polishszkołaˈʂkɔwaborrowed · Latin schola, via Czech
- Czechškolaˈʃkolaborrowed · Latin schola, probably via Old High German
- Bosnian-Croatian-Serbianškolaшколаˈʃkolaborrowed · Latin schola
- Englishschool
English shares this source — English school is the same Latin word.