'Student' is Latin for 'one who is eager' — from 'studere' (to be zealous). Enthusiasm, not labor.
A person who is studying at a school, college, or university, or a person who takes an interest in a particular subject.
From Latin 'studens' (genitive 'studentis'), the present participle of 'studēre' (to be eager for, to be zealous about, to apply oneself diligently to, to study). The Latin verb did not originally mean academic study but energetic application of oneself to any pursuit — a soldier could 'studēre' for victory, a farmer for a good harvest. The root may derive from PIE *steud- or *(s)teu- (to push, to strike, to thrust forward with force), suggesting that the original sense was to drive oneself toward something. 'Study' and 'studio' (a
A 'student' is etymologically 'one who is eager' — Latin 'studēre' meant to burn with enthusiasm, not to slog through homework. The same root gave us 'studio' (a place where an artist works with passion) and the French 'étude' (a musical study piece), preserving the original sense of focused devotion rather than drudgery.