我认为不这样单独的解释。
university这个词是universe宇宙的衍生词，universe也可指世间万物，大学建立的初衷就是为了让学生们可以得到非常全面的教育。
而universe可以用词根来解释：uni-统一,verse-旋转
而去e为i,加上ty 是常见的名词衍生方法。
university
[,ju:ni'və:səti]
n.
1. the body of faculty and
students at a university
2. establishment where a
seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters
as well as facilities for research and teaching
3. a large and diverse
institution of higher learning created to educate for life and for a profession
and to grant degrees
