seminar (n.)

1887, "special group-study class for advanced students," from German Seminar "group of students working with a professor," from Latin seminarium "breeding ground, plant nursery" (see seminary). Sense of "meeting for discussion of a subject" first recorded 1944.

I CONTINUE TO BELIEVE THAT WORDS NEED TO MEAN SOMETHING, INSTEAD OF BEING USED JUST FOR FILLER. NOISE. YOU’RE GETTING MORE THAN A “CLASS” OR A “COURSE" FROM ME. YOU’RE GETTING A TWO-WAY STREET OF CONVERSATION. DISCOURSE. WHICH IN TURN BLOOMS INTO GROWTH OF THE SELF.