baccalarius

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Unknown; suggested to be from baccalia (“herd of cows”) +‎ -ārius, with the original meaning of “cowherd”, from vacca (“cow”),[1][2] though this poses the difficulty of a v > b sound change.

    Noun

    baccalārius m (genitive baccalāriī); second declension[3][4] (Medieval Latin)

    1. unenfeoffed vassal, knight with no retainers
    2. landless serf
    3. apprentice
    4. bachelor (academic grade)

    Declension

    Second-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative baccalārius baccalāriī
    genitive baccalāriī baccalāriōrum
    dative baccalāriō baccalāriīs
    accusative baccalārium baccalāriōs
    ablative baccalāriō baccalāriīs
    vocative baccalārie baccalāriī

    Descendants

    • → Old Polish: bakałarz (learned)
      • Polish: bakałarz, bakalarz (Middle Polish)
        • → Kashubian: bakalôrz (through Middle Polish bakalárz)

    References

    1. ^ Brachet, A. (1873) “BACHELIER”, in Kitchin, G. W., transl., Etymological dictionary of the French language (Clarendon Press Series), 1st edition, London: Oxford/MacMillan and Co., page 42
    2. ^ Stowell, William A. (1911) “Note on the Etymology of “bachelier””, in Studies in Honor of A. Marshall Elliott, in Two Volumes, pages 225-236
    3. ^ baccalaris in Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1967– ) Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch, Munich: C.H. Beck
    4. ^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “baccalarius”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, pages 75–76
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