Where does “baccalaureate” come from?
Baccalaureate comes from French baccalauréat, derived from Medieval Latin baccalaureatus, from Latin baccalaureus, a compound of bacca and laurus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰask-.
baccalaureate (English): A bachelor's degree; A high school completion...
Definitions
- A bachelor's degree; A high school completion...
Ancestry of “baccalaureate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | baccalauréat | baccalaureat; bachelor's degree |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | baccalaureatus | bachelor's degree |
| 3 | Latin | baccalaureus | bachelor |
| 4 | Latin | laurea | laurel, bay tree; crown, wreath or branch of... |
| 5 | Latin | laurus | laurel tree; laurels; a crown of laurel |
| 6 | English | -aceous | Of, relating to, resembling or containing the... |
| 7 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 8 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 9 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 10 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |