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Where does “bacharel” come from?

bacharel (Portuguese) comes from Spanish bachiller, from French bachelier, 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.

bacharel (Portuguese): bachelor

Definitions

  1. bachelor

Ancestry of “bacharel”, step by step

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

Words derived from “bacharel”

  • bacharelice
  • bacharelada
  • abacharelar
  • bacharelato
  • bacharelismo
  • bacharelar
  • bacharelado
  • bacharelando
  • abacharelado
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