## Meanings
1. A child or young person who is being taught at school.
2. The small black round opening in the centre of your eye that lets in light.
3. Someone who learns from an expert teacher.

## Examples
- There are thirty pupils in my daughter's class.
- In bright sunlight, the pupils of your eyes get smaller.
- Plato was Socrates' pupil, and Aristotle was Plato's pupil.

## Derived Forms
- bipupillate
- interpupil
- pseudopupil
- pupilage
- pupilar
- pupilary
- pupildom
- pupiless
- pupilhood
- pupillage
- pupillary
- pupillate

## Related Forms
- learnling

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: pupille
- Root: pūpilla

## Etymology
From Middle English pupille, from Old French pupille, from Latin pūpilla (“pupil; little girl, doll”), named because of the small reflected image seen when looking into someone's eye.

## AI Etymology
Pupil comes from Middle English pupille, from Old French pupille, from Latin pūpilla (“pupil; little girl, doll”), named because of the small reflected image seen when looking into someone's eye. The historical chain includes pupille (Middle English), pupille (Old French), pūpilla (Latin). In present-day English it covers a child or young person who is being taught at school, the small black round opening in the centre of your eye that lets in light, and someone who learns from an expert teacher. The wider family includes derived forms such as bipupillate, interpupil, pseudopupil, pupilage, pupilar and related forms such as learnling.

## Topics
- Education & Learning

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