The aegis is the protection or backing of a powerful body. Under the aegis of the university.
It nearly always appears in the phrase under the aegis of. The original was the shield or goatskin of Zeus and Athena, which is where the protection comes from.
1nounaegisThe protection or backing of a powerful body.
“The whole project ran under the aegis of two universities.”
aegis is a protection.
Greek aigis named the shield of Zeus and Athena, probably from aix, a goat.
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂eyǵ- — goat
Ancient Greek
αἰγίς — goatskin; shield of Athena
Latin
aegis
English, today
aegis
Built from
Borrowed from Latin aegis, from Ancient Greek αἰγίς (“goatskin; shield of Athena”), probably from αἴξ (“goat”), from Proto-Indo-European h₂eyǵ- (“goat”). The plural form aegides () is borrowed from Latin aegides, from Ancient Greek αἰγῐ́δες.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA