bacheler

Middle English

Etymology

From Old French bacheler.

Noun

bacheler (plural bachelers)

1. young man

Descendants

• French: bachelier

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Old French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin baccalaureus, which comes from Medieval Latin baccalaureatus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.tʃə.ˈlɛr/

Noun

bacheler oblique singular, m (oblique plural bachelers, nominative singular bachelers, nominative plural bacheler)

1. young man
   • circa 1250, Marie de France, Milun

     li bachelers li respundi

     the young man replied to her

Descendants

• Middle English: bacheler
  • English: bachelor
• Middle French: bacheler
  • French: bachelier
• Portuguese: bacharel

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (bacheler, supplement)