Where does “bacheler” come from?
bacheler (Middle English) comes from Old French bacheler, from Medieval Latin baccalaureus, from Medieval Latin baccalaureatus, from Latin baccalaureus, from Latin laurea, from Latin laurus, from English -aceous, from Latin -āceus — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
bacheler (Middle English): young man
Definitions
- young man
Ancestry of “bacheler”, step by step
bacheler traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French bacheler
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | bacheler | young man |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | baccalaureus | — |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | baccalaureatus | bachelor's degree |
| 4 | Latin | baccalaureus | bachelor |
| 5 | Latin | laurea | laurel, bay tree; crown, wreath or branch of... |
| 6 | Latin | laurus | laurel tree; laurels; a crown of laurel |
| 7 | English | -aceous | Of, relating to, resembling or containing the... |
| 8 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 9 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 10 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 11 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Anglo-Norman bacheler
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anglo-Norman | bacheler | young man |