Etymology Dictionary

ACADEMY,  a school, a society.  (F.,—Gk.)   Shak. has academes, pl., L. L. L. i. I. 13; iv. 3. 303; and Milton speaks of 'the olive grove of Academe, Plato's retirement;' P. R. iv. 244.   [This form is more directly from the Latin.]   Burton says 'affliction is a school or academy;'   Anat. of Melancholy, p. 717 (Todd's Johnson).—F. académie.—Lat. academia, borrowed from Gk.—Gk. ἀκαδήμεια, a gymnasium near Athens where Plato taught, so named from the hero Academus.   Der. academ-ic, academ-ic-al, academ-ic-ian. [†]

ADDENDA

Not (F.,—Gk.), but (F.,—L.,—Gk.); as the context shews.   The same correction applies to Alabaster, Almond, Amalgam, Anagram, Analogy, Anatomy, Baptize, Cataplasm, Celery, Centre, Chamber, Chimney, Chirurgeon, &c.; which are unfortunately not marked (within brackets) with sufficient accuracy.