Etymology of the English word bachelor
the English word
bachelorderived from the Old French word
bachelerderived from the Medieval Latin word
baccalarius (bachelor)
derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*bakamDate
The earliest known usage of bachelor in English dates from the 13th century.
Derivations in English
bachelorette,
bachelorhood,
bachelorism,
bach,
batchCognates
Catalan
batxeller, French
bachelier, Portuguese
bacharel, Provençal
bacalar, Spanish
bachillerUsage
Word found in Modern English
