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Where does “bachelorgrad” come from?

bachelorgrad (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål 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.

bachelorgrad (Norwegian Bokmål): a bachelor's degree

Definitions

  1. a bachelor's degree

Ancestry of “bachelorgrad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålbachelora bachelor; a bachelor's degree
2EnglishbachelorA person, especially a man, who is socially...
3Middle Englishbacheleryoung man
4Old Frenchbacheleryoung man
5Medieval Latinbaccalaureus—
6Medieval Latinbaccalaureatusbachelor's degree
7Latinbaccalaureusbachelor
8Latinlaurealaurel, bay tree; crown, wreath or branch of...
9Latinlauruslaurel tree; laurels; a crown of laurel
10English-aceousOf, relating to, resembling or containing the...
11Latin-āceus—
12Latin-āx—
13Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
14Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
15Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
16Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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