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baccalaureate n.1620s, "university degree of a bachelor," from Modern Latin baccalaureatus, from baccalaureus "student with the first degree," an alteration of Medieval Latin baccalarius "one who has attained the lowest degree in a university, an advanced student lecturing under his master's supervision but not yet having personal licence." The Medieval Latin word is of uncertain origin; it likely has been altered by folk etymology or word-play, as if from bacca lauri "laurel berry" (laurels being awarded for academic success). Perhaps it is ultimately from Latin baculum "staff" (see bacillus), which the young student might carry. Or it might be a re-Latinization of bachelor in its academic sense. In modern U.S. usage, baccalaureate usually is a shortening of baccalaureate sermon (1864), a religious farewell address to a graduating at an American college. This is from the word's adjectival sense of "pertaining to the university degree of bachelor." updated on October 02, 2022 |