apprentice
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/əˈpɹɛntɪs/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English apprentice, apprentesse, apprentyse, apprentis, from Old French aprentis, plural of aprentif, from Old French aprendre (verb), Late Latin apprendō, from Classical Latin apprehendō. Compare typologically Latin discipulus (akin to capiō); Russian схва́тывать на лету́ (sxvátyvatʹ na letú), and for another aspect быть на подхва́те (bytʹ na podxváte) (both akin to хвата́ть (xvatátʹ).
prentice
young person
shop boy
private pupil
teacher’s student-helper
learn by observation
help with farm work
uczeń
praktykant
terminator
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