self-tuition

futurenomad

Posted: 01 May 2006 07:01 PM

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I’m trying to remember the synonym for self-tuition that is similar to didactic. Anyway, didactic is a part of the word. Thanks in advance!

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Spiff

Posted: 02 May 2006 01:56 AM

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Autodidactic.

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17thPrime

Posted: 19 June 2006 10:39 AM

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I thought there might be an etymological connection between tutor and tuition but could find none.

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frank

Posted: 19 June 2006 09:22 PM

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[quote author=17thPrime link=board=what;num=1146556888;start=0#3 date=06/19/06 at 19:39:27]I thought there might be an etymological connection between tutor and tuition but could find none.

But there is a connection:
tuition
tutor
The Latin verb tueri (to guard) apparantly had two variants of the past participle, viz. tutus (>tutor) and tuitus (>tuition).

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