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
Ancestry of “bacheler”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 9 | Latin | -āx | — |
| 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 |
Words derived from “bacheler”