Lesson
/ˈlɛs.ən/noun
A unit of teaching or instruction; something learned.
Did you know?In medieval English, a lesson was first especially a passage read aloud from Scripture, showing how learning and sacred speech were intertwined.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*leg-
“to gather, collect; to choose; to read”
Latin
Latin
legere
“to gather, pick out, read”
Late Latin
Latin
lectionem
“a reading, a reading aloud”
Old French
Old French
leçon
“a reading; a lesson”
Middle English
English
lessoun
“a reading, especially from Scripture; instruction”
Modern English
English
lesson
“a unit of instruction or something learned”