bacheler

Middle English

Etymology

From Old French bacheler.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bat͡ʃəˈleːr/

Noun

bacheler (plural bachelers)

1. 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)

1. 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-.