baccalaureus

== Latin == === Etymology === Alteration of baccalārius, influenced (by folk etymology) by Latin bacca (“berry”) and laurea (“laurel”) due to the fact that graduates wore laurel crowns filled with berries in order to represent the fruit of their study. See baccalārius for more. === Noun === baccalaureus m (genitive baccalaureī); second declension (Medieval Latin) bachelor ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== baccalaureatus bacca laureatus ==== Descendants ==== → Old French: bacheler, baçalier, baceler, bachelierMiddle French: bachelerFrench: bachelier→ Middle English: bachelerEnglish: bachelor→ Old Galician-Portuguese: bachiller, bachaler, bacheler, bacheller, bachilerPortuguese: bacharel→ Hunsrik: Bascharell >? Russian: бакала́вр (bakalávr)