tutelage

Marianne Uehlin... - Thu, 09/04/2014 - 19:29

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Online Etymology:
tutelage (n.)
"guardianship," c.1600, from -age + Latin tutela "a watching, keeping, safeguard, protection," from variant past participle stem of tueri "watch over" (see tutor (n.)). Meaning "instruction" first appeared 1857.