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alumnus (n.)
1640s, from Latin
alumnus
"a pupil," literally "foster son," vestigial present passive participle of
alere
"to nourish" (see
old
), with ending akin to Greek
-omenos
. Plural is
alumni
. Fem. is
alumna
(1882), fem. plural
alumnae
.
