Where does “bachelor” come from?
bachelor (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes 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, from Latin laurus — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
bachelor (Norwegian Nynorsk): a bachelor; a bachelor's degree
Definitions
- a bachelor; a bachelor's degree
Ancestry of “bachelor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | bachelor | A person, especially a man, who is socially... |
| 2 | Middle English | bacheler | young man |
| 3 | Old French | bacheler | young man |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | baccalaureus | — |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | baccalaureatus | bachelor's degree |
| 6 | Latin | baccalaureus | bachelor |
| 7 | Latin | laurea | laurel, bay tree; crown, wreath or branch of... |
| 8 | Latin | laurus | laurel tree; laurels; a crown of laurel |
| 9 | English | -aceous | Of, relating to, resembling or containing the... |
| 10 | Latin | -āceus | — |
| 11 | Latin | -āx | — |
| 12 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 13 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
Words derived from “bachelor”