Many of us might have wondered about this. But did ayone really tried to find out the reason behind this. By the way let me first clear you what is a bachelor degree, as some of you might not know about this. Bachelor degree is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or program.
Some people feel that : The name bachelor - in the world of academia - comes from the English word bachelor meaning, "young apprentice."
But when someone look at the dictionary meaning of the same, it goes like that :
The origins of the word “bachelor” are obscure. In English it originally meant a knight who followed another knight’s banner, or a young man who hoped to become a knight. This implies a kind of junior status among knights, and this may be the idea behind its later use for the lowest university degree (below master and doctor). (It was also used at one time for a junior member of a trade guild.)How it came to mean an unmarried man is not clear. Maybe, in an age when most people married, the unmarried men would tend to be the young and those who hadn’t yet made their mark in a profession.In the academic sense, it is sometimes said to be derived from “bacca lauri,” (laurel berry) and “baccalaureus” is established as the Latin form in university use, but this derivation is not correct.
(See Oxford English Dictionary and Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins).
What a coincidence that the bachelors are real bachelors after having the bachelors degree. In India People before bachelors degree hardly get a chance to get married. Till they get bachelors degree and something to earn, they have to wait for the girl.
Some people feel that : The name bachelor - in the world of academia - comes from the English word bachelor meaning, "young apprentice."
But when someone look at the dictionary meaning of the same, it goes like that :
The origins of the word “bachelor” are obscure. In English it originally meant a knight who followed another knight’s banner, or a young man who hoped to become a knight. This implies a kind of junior status among knights, and this may be the idea behind its later use for the lowest university degree (below master and doctor). (It was also used at one time for a junior member of a trade guild.)How it came to mean an unmarried man is not clear. Maybe, in an age when most people married, the unmarried men would tend to be the young and those who hadn’t yet made their mark in a profession.In the academic sense, it is sometimes said to be derived from “bacca lauri,” (laurel berry) and “baccalaureus” is established as the Latin form in university use, but this derivation is not correct.
(See Oxford English Dictionary and Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins).
What a coincidence that the bachelors are real bachelors after having the bachelors degree. In India People before bachelors degree hardly get a chance to get married. Till they get bachelors degree and something to earn, they have to wait for the girl.
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