lowest academical degree of universities and colleges; baccalaureate (Austria, United Kingdom, North America) · Final exams taken at the end of the secondary education in France.
baccalaureat (≈ A-level, high school diploma) · bachelor's degree
çekim: çoğul baccalauréats
eş: bac, bachot, bachelier, candidature, matu
köken: Borrowed from Medieval Latin baccalaureātus, from baccalaureus, an alteration of baccalārius (“young man aspiring to knighthood”) to resemble bacca laurī (“laurel berry”) (the ancient symbol of victory).
graduation certificate (degree from high school) · ellipsis of bachillerato universitario (bachelor’s degree) · eleventh and twelfth grade
çekim: çoğul bachilleratos
köken: Borrowed from Medieval Latin baccalaureatus, from Latin baccalaureus; a compound from bacca (“berry”) and laurea (“laurel”), due to the laurel crown given to the graduates.
baccalaureate, bachelor's degree (first or lowest academic degree conferred by Anglo-Saxon universities and colleges) · baccalaureate, bachelor's degree (diploma conferred by university authorities on high school graduates, entitling them to study in higher education)
çekim: çoğul bakalaureaty · tamlayan bakalaureatu
köken: Etymology tree Medieval Latin baccalārius Medieval Latin baccalaureus Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Medieval Latin -tus, -tūs Medieval Latin -ātus Medieval Latin baccalaureātuslbor. Polish bakalaureat Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin baccalaureātus.