- alumnus
[alumnus 词源字典]
- alumnus: see alma mater
[alumnus etymology, alumnus origin, 英语词源] - alumnus (n.)
- 1640s, from Latin alumnus "a pupil," literally "foster son," vestigial present passive participle of alere "to nourish" (see old), with ending akin to Greek -omenos. Plural is alumni. Fem. is alumna (1882), fem. plural alumnae.