bacheler

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Middle English

Etymology

From Old French bacheler.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bat͡ʃəˈleːr/

Noun

bacheler (plural bachelers)

young man

Descendants

English: bachelor

References

“bachelēr, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old French

Alternative forms

baçalier, baceler, bachelier

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin baccalaureus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bat͡ʃəˈleːɾ/

Noun

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

young man
- c. 1250, Marie de France, Milun:
  li bachelers li respundi
  the young man replied to her

Descendants

Middle French: bacheler
- French: bachelier
→ Middle English: bacheler
- English: bachelor
→ Old Galician-Portuguese: bachiller, bachaler, bacheler, bacheller, bachiler
- Portuguese: bacharel
  - → Hunsrik: Bascharell

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (bacheler, supplement)
“bacheler1”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-.

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