diploma

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   An official document showing that you have completed a course of study or earned a qualification.

   She framed her university diploma and hung it on the wall.

PIE word *dwóh₁ From Latin diplōma, from Ancient Greek δίπλωμα (díplōma, “folded paper, license”), from διπλόω (diplóō, “to double, fold over”), from διπλόος (diplóos, “double”).

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