bacheler

Middle English

Etymology

From Old French bacheler.

Noun

bacheler (plural bachelers)

young man

Descendants

French: bachelier

Old French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ba.tʃə.ˈlɛr/

Noun

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

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)

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