teach

Meanings

Verb

• To show (someone) the way; to guide, conduct; to point, indicate.
• To pass on knowledge to.
• To pass on knowledge, especially as one's profession; to act as a teacher.
• To cause to learn or understand.
• To cause to know the disagreeable consequences of some action.

Noun

• teacher

Origin

• From Middle English techen, from Old English tǣċan, from Proto-West Germanic *taikijan, from Proto-Germanic *taikijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-. Cognate with Scots tech, teich, German zeigen, zeihen, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽, Latin dīcō, Ancient Greek δείκνυμι. More at token.