baccalaureus
Latin
Etymology
Alteration of baccalārius, influenced (by folk etymology) by Latin bacca ("berry") and laurea ("laurel") due to the fact that graduates wore laurel crowns filled with berries in order to represent the fruit of their study. Perhaps of Celtic origin, from Gaulish *bakalakos, itself borrowed from Latin baculum (“stick”).[1]
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | baccalaureus | baccalaureī |
Genitive | baccalaureī | baccalaureōrum |
Dative | baccalaureō | baccalaureīs |
Accusative | baccalaureum | baccalaureōs |
Ablative | baccalaureō | baccalaureīs |
Vocative | baccalauree | baccalaureī |
Related terms
Descendants
References
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, p. 201
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