PUPIL (

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• LAT

Lat. pupillus,

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• ORPHAN

orphan,

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• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from

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• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for "

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• DOLL

doll," the name given to the

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• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain

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• INSECTS

insects)  , properly a word taken from Roman law for one below the age of puberty (impubes), and not under patria potestas, who was under the protection of a tutor, a ward or minor (see INFANT; and ROMAN LAW) . The term was thus taken by the Civil Law and Scots Law for a person of either sex under the age of puberty in the care of a guardian . Apart from these technical meanings the word is generally used of one who is undergoing instruction or education by a teacher . In education the term " pupil-teacher " is applied to one who, while still receiving education, is engaged in teaching in elementary schools . The system was introduced into England from Holland about 1840 . At first the education which the pupil-teachers received was given at the schools to which they were attached . During the last quarter of the 19th century was developed a system of " pupil-teacher centres " where training and education was given .