Origin of Phrases - U
University
OK, try to follow this one. University comes from the Old French word universite, which came from the Latin word ūniversitās, which itself was derived from the Latin ūniversus (source of the English word universe). This originally meant "whole," but in the post-classical period it was appied to guilds and other associations, referring to the "totality" of their membership. These included societies of teachers and students, from which the modern meaning of university emerged.