discipulus

Pronunciation: [dɪsˈkɪ.pʊ.ɫʊs]

“discipulus” is a Latin word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

student, pupil, disciple, schoolboy
cadet (student in a military school or state program)

Etymology

From dis- (reversal) + plus early *kapelos (“one who takes”) - whence capulus (“tomb”). Sense influenced by the unrelated verb discō (“learn”). Compare typologically English apprentice, which descends from Latin apprehendō (see apprentice for more).

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