LEARNING

Do you ever feel when you’re doing something that you’re ‘in the groove’ or ‘in the zone’?
 
When you’re learning, you really are in the groove; or, to be more specific, in the furrow.
 
The word learning has its origins in the Proto-Indo-European (PIE) root lois (furrow, track). From this source comes Proto-Germanic lisnojanan, Old Frisian lernia, Dutch leren, German lernen, and Old English leornian (to learn). The word learning is from Old English leornung (the action of acquiring knowledge). The word learning, from the mid-14th century, means knowledge acquired by systematic study, research, and experimentation.
 
The term ‘learning curve’ is from 1907.
 
The term ‘teachable moment’ became popular in the 1950s. The flip side of this, of course, is the ‘learning moment’ (or the ‘learning instant’, as a colleague says), terms which became popular in the 1990s. In both cases, teacher and learner can find themselves grooving together!
 
Reference: Online Etymological Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com/
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