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Originally Posted by exlurker

Cool. What are the Greek words for alumnus, alumna, alumnae and alumni? Are they close to the Latin words that have come into English, or are they considerably different? (I'm aware that Latin and Greek are related Indo-European languages, and English is related to them, too. But they can and do differ widely at many points.)

Yes, "lifelong learning" can include whining to try to get other people to do research for me.

The words would be completely different. Is there even a direct translation between the Latin and Greek? Maybe mathetes/matheti for alumnus/alumni?