because candidates for this degree in the 14th century were likened to candidates for knighthood who were also called bachelors or bachelers by the late 13th century
there is some difference of...
The word "bachelor" comes originally from a Latin word "baccalarius," which is where the term "baccalaureate" comes from as well. In Latin it originally meant a "vassal farmer." In the 1300s, a...