baccalarius

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

baccalārius m (genitive baccalāriī); second declension[3][4] (Medieval Latin)

  1. unenfeoffed vassal, knight with no retainers
  2. landless serf
  3. apprentice
  4. bachelor (academic grade)

Declension

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
  • → Old Polish: bakałarz (learned)
    • Polish: bakałarz, bakalarz
      • → Kashubian: bakalôrz (through Middle Polish bakalárz)

References
  1. 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
  2. Stowell, William A. (1911) “Note on the Etymology of “bachelier””, in Studies in Honor of A. Marshall Elliott, in Two Volumes, pages 225-236
  3. baccalaris in Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1967– ) Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch, Munich: C.H. Beck
  4. Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “baccalarius”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, pages 75–76
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