Tutor
If a teacher teaches and an instructor instructs, does a tutor toot? Sorry! The word tutor originally meant a night watchman or security guard.
The word tutor comes from Latin tueri, tuitus (to watch over, look at) and tutorem (guardian, watcher). Before this the origins of the word are uncertain.
Latin tuitionem meant looking after, caring for, watching over, protection, guardianship. A tutor was a guardian or protector. Tuition was the money paid to a watchman or guardian for protection. From these Latin roots, the word tuition (protection, care, custody) came to English in the early 15th century via 13th century Anglo-French tuycioun and Old French tuicion (guardianship).
The word tutor (guardian, custodian) came to English in the late 14th century from 13th century Old French tuteor (guardian, private teacher). The use of tutor as teacher or coach appears in the 1580s; in particular, a tutor was “a senior boy in a school appointed to help a junior in his studies” [sic; I recognize the use of ‘boy’ and ‘his’ in the context of schools for boys and young men at that time]. The verb tutor is from the 1590s.
Perhaps it is not surprising that the word tutor appears at the height of the Western European Reformation in the 16th and 17th centuries. During this time, tutoring as guarding had become more and more to mean the specific guarding or taking care of a student’s education and upbringing. A tutor guarded and guided education so that the right things were learned in the right way in order that the student did not get sidetracked or distracted in their learning, particularly with regard to their religious life.
Tuition, meaning the meaning money paid for instruction (1828), is short for tuition fees.
Tutor is also related to the word intuition (inner guardian). Both words come from Latin tueri.
Reference: Online Etymological Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com/
The word tutor comes from Latin tueri, tuitus (to watch over, look at) and tutorem (guardian, watcher). Before this the origins of the word are uncertain.
Latin tuitionem meant looking after, caring for, watching over, protection, guardianship. A tutor was a guardian or protector. Tuition was the money paid to a watchman or guardian for protection. From these Latin roots, the word tuition (protection, care, custody) came to English in the early 15th century via 13th century Anglo-French tuycioun and Old French tuicion (guardianship).
The word tutor (guardian, custodian) came to English in the late 14th century from 13th century Old French tuteor (guardian, private teacher). The use of tutor as teacher or coach appears in the 1580s; in particular, a tutor was “a senior boy in a school appointed to help a junior in his studies” [sic; I recognize the use of ‘boy’ and ‘his’ in the context of schools for boys and young men at that time]. The verb tutor is from the 1590s.
Perhaps it is not surprising that the word tutor appears at the height of the Western European Reformation in the 16th and 17th centuries. During this time, tutoring as guarding had become more and more to mean the specific guarding or taking care of a student’s education and upbringing. A tutor guarded and guided education so that the right things were learned in the right way in order that the student did not get sidetracked or distracted in their learning, particularly with regard to their religious life.
Tuition, meaning the meaning money paid for instruction (1828), is short for tuition fees.
Tutor is also related to the word intuition (inner guardian). Both words come from Latin tueri.
Reference: Online Etymological Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com/
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