Where does “bachelordiploma” come from?
bachelordiploma (Dutch) comes from Dutch bachelor, from English bachelor, from Middle English bacheler, from Old French bacheler, from Medieval Latin baccalaureus, from Medieval Latin baccalaureatus, from Latin baccalaureus, from Latin laurea — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
bachelordiploma (Dutch): bachelor's degree
Definitions
- bachelor's degree
Ancestry of “bachelordiploma”, step by step
bachelordiploma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch bachelor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | bachelor | a bachelor's degree; the first or lowest academic degree conferred by colleges and universities |
| 2 | English | bachelor | A person, especially a man, who is socially... |
| 3 | Middle English | bacheler | young man |
| 4 | Old French | bacheler | young man |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | baccalaureus | — |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | baccalaureatus | bachelor's degree |
| 7 | Latin | baccalaureus | bachelor |
| 8 | Latin | laurea | laurel, bay tree; crown, wreath or branch of... |
| 9 | Latin | laurus | laurel tree; laurels; a crown of laurel |
| 10 | English | -aceous | Of, relating to, resembling or containing the... |
| 11 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 12 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 13 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 14 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Dutch diploma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | diploma | diploma; deed, official document entitling one to... |
| 2 | Latin | dīplōma | letter of recommendation |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | δίπλωμα | something double; folded paper; double pot, for... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | διπλόω | To repeat a process; To double, multiply by two;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -όω | Added to a noun or adjective to make a verb with... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -oyéti | Creates factitive verbs from adjectives |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |