Wiktionary states the following for "baccalaureate": From French baccalauréat, from Medieval Latin baccalaureatus, from Latin baccalaureus, an alteration of ba

Wiktionary states the following for "baccalaureate": From French baccalauréat, from Medieval Latin baccalaureatus, from Latin baccalaureus, an alteration of baccalārius (“young man aspiring to knighthood”), to resemble bacca lauri (“laurel berry”) (the ancient symbol of victory). Compare bachelor. For "baccalaureus": Alteration of baccalārius, influenced (by folk etymology) by Latin bacca ("berry") and laurea ("laurel") due to the fact that graduates wore laurel crowns filled with berries in order to represent the fruit of their study. Perhaps of Celtic origin, from Gaulish *bakalakos, itself borrowed from Latin baculum (“stick”).[1] No Arabic roots here.