baccalarius
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
- baccalāris, baccallārius
- baccalaureus (academic grade)
Etymology edit
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 edit
baccalārius m (genitive baccalāriī); second declension[3][4] (Medieval Latin)
- unenfeoffed vassal, knight with no retainers
- landless serf
- apprentice
- bachelor (academic grade)
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | baccalārius | baccalāriī |
| Genitive | baccalāriī | baccalāriōrum |
| Dative | baccalāriō | baccalāriīs |
| Accusative | baccalārium | baccalāriōs |
| Ablative | baccalāriō | baccalāriīs |
| Vocative | baccalārie | baccalāriī |
Descendants edit
- → Old Polish: bakałarz (learned)
References edit
- ^ 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
- ^ Stowell, William A. (1911) “Note on the Etymology of “bachelier””, in Studies in Honor of A. Marshall Elliott, in Two Volumes, pages 225-236
- ^ baccalaris in Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1967– ) Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch, Munich: C.H. Beck
- ^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “baccalarius”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, pages 75–76