Where does “bacheloress” come from?
bacheloress (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.
bacheloress (English): A female bachelor
Definitions
- A female bachelor
Ancestry of “bacheloress”, step by step
bacheloress 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 |