Gymnasium (school)

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Gymnasium (and variations of the word) is a term in various European languages for a secondary school (middle school and/or high school) that prepares students for higher education at a university. It is comparable to the US English term preparatory high school or the British term grammar school (although unlike its continental counterparts, the modern UK grammar school is a localized niche rather than the primary route to higher education). Before the 20th century, the gymnasium system was a widespread feature of educational systems throughout many European countries. The word γυμνάσιον (gumnásion), from Greek γυμνός (gumnós) 'naked' or 'nude', was first used in Ancient Greece, in the sense of a place for both physical and intellectual education of young men. The latter meaning of a place of intellectual education persisted in many European languages (including Albanian, Bulgarian, Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, Estonian, Greek, German, Hungarian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian...

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