ITESO
/iˈte.so/noun
A private Jesuit university in Guadalajara, Mexico, formally named the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente.
Did you know?ITESO was founded in 1957 and is associated with the Society of Jesus, whose educational tradition traces back to the sixteenth-century Jesuit order.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*steh₂-
“To stand or set in place; an ancestral root behind Latin words connected with establishing and institutions.”
Classical Latin
Latin
instituere
“To set up, establish, or arrange; the source of Spanish instituto.”
Ancient Greek and Latin
Greek/Latin
technē / studere / super / occidens
“The roots behind the Spanish elements tecnología, estudios, superiores, and occidente: craft, study, higher, and western.”
20th Century
Spanish
Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente
“The formal name meaning “Technological Institute of Higher Studies of the West.””
1957
Spanish
ITESO
“The acronym adopted by the institution founded in Guadalajara, Mexico.”
Modern Spanish
Spanish
ITESO
“A Jesuit university and educational institution in Guadalajara, commonly pronounced ee-TEH-so.”
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