Tuesday, 9 February 2016

Bachelor origin

Bachelor
The first meaning of the word bachelor was related to war and being a young knight who is not old enough, this was first spoken in 1297. at this time it as spelt as 'bachelir'.
in 1936 the meaning had changed to 'One who has taken the first or lowest degree at a university, who is not yet a master of the Arts' whilst the more modern meaning of the word relates to the definition '
in 1938 it had a change in meaning and spelling again it was spelt as 'bachilers' and now meant an unmarried man, this shows the word had slowly been an extension in the word. One of the more modern meanings to relate a bachelor to an attractive un-married male who has a lot of female interest and has a 'bachelor pad' in the city where he invites females.


Slag
The first meaning of the word slag was that it was 'A piece of refuse matter separated from a metal in the process of smelting.' this was spoken first in 1552.

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