Where does “Bachelorarbeit” come from?
Bachelorarbeit (German) comes from German 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.
Bachelorarbeit (German): bachelor's thesis
Definitions
- bachelor's thesis
Ancestry of “Bachelorarbeit”, step by step
Bachelorarbeit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Bachelor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Bachelor | bachelor's degree; bachelor graduate |
| 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 German arbeit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | arbeit | toil, regularly performed work, regularly pursued economic activity, labor, job, employment, occupation |
| 2 | Middle High German | arbeit | — |
| 3 | Old High German | arbeit | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | arbaiþi | hardship |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | arbaidiz | labour, work, toil; hardship, suffering |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃órbʰos | orphan; servant, slave, worker |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃erbʰ- | to change allegiance, status, ownership;... |