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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

  1. young man

Ancestry of “bacheler”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbacheleryoung man
2Medieval Latinbaccalaureus—
3Medieval Latinbaccalaureatusbachelor's degree
4Latinbaccalaureusbachelor
5Latinlaurealaurel, bay tree; crown, wreath or branch of...
6Latinlauruslaurel tree; laurels; a crown of laurel
7English-aceousOf, relating to, resembling or containing the...
8Latin-āceus—
9Latin-āx—
10Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
11Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
12Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
13Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “bacheler”

  • bachelor
  • bach
  • bachelorhood
  • bachelorette
  • bachelordom
  • bachelorship
  • bachelorism
  • bacheloress
  • bachelorly
  • bachelor
  • Bachelor
  • Bachelorgrad
  • bachelor
  • bachelorgrad
  • bachelorgrad
  • bachelor
  • bachelor
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