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What Is a Group of Fish Called School?

What? Well, just regular fish. Did you mean "why"? Fine. WHY is a group of fish called school? Right. There are two schools in English. Same writing, same pronunciation, but each has its own meaning and origin. Interesting. Do carry on, please. Certainly. School 🏫 — the Institution The school that we use to refer to an education institution is a Greek origin . Skholē (σχολή), meaning idle time. The ancient Greeks regularly discussed something in their free time. It was their favourite. The word then became school in English. School 🐟 — Fish The other school is perhaps a Proto-Indo-European origin , prefix skel- . Meaning to cut , broadened as a noun to refer to a division . The word then became school in English. This one means group — specifically for sea or marine animals. This school — which refers to group of marine animals — appeared about couple hundred years earlier than the institution school — the p...
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