Where does “bac” come from?
bac (French) comes from French baccalauréat, from Medieval Latin baccalaureatus, from Latin baccalaureus, from Latin laurea, from Latin laurus, from English -aceous, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
bac (French): ferry; vat; high school exit exam in France; A...
Definitions
- ferry; vat; high school exit exam in France; A...
Ancestry of “bac”, step by step
bac traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French baccalauréat
| 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 |