Where does “bachelor's handbag” come from?
bachelor's handbag (English) comes 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, from Latin laurus — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
bachelor's handbag (English): A roast chicken sold in a disposable plastic carry bag with a handle
Definitions
- A roast chicken sold in a disposable plastic carry bag with a handle
Ancestry of “bachelor's handbag”, step by step
bachelor's handbag traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bachelor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bachelor | A person, especially a man, who is socially... |
| 2 | Middle English | bacheler | young man |
| 3 | Old French | bacheler | young man |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | baccalaureus | — |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | baccalaureatus | bachelor's degree |
| 6 | Latin | baccalaureus | bachelor |
| 7 | Latin | laurea | laurel, bay tree; crown, wreath or branch of... |
| 8 | Latin | laurus | laurel tree; laurels; a crown of laurel |
| 9 | English | -aceous | Of, relating to, resembling or containing the... |
| 10 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 11 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 12 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 13 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via English handbag
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | handbag | A small bag used by women for carrying various... |
| 2 | English | Hand | The part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals |
| 3 | Middle English | hond | hand; Alternative form of hound |
| 4 | Old English | hand | A hand |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | handu | hand |
| 6 | Swedish | hand | A hand; A hand; the set of cards held by a player |
| 7 | Old Swedish | hand | A hand; A direction; A behalf |
| 8 | Old Norse | hǫnd | hand |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | handuz | hand |