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Where does “misqualification” come from?

misqualification (English) comes from English qualification, from Middle French qualification, from Medieval Latin qualificatio, from Latin qualifico, from Latin -fico, from Latin facio, from Proto-Italic fakjō, from Proto-Italic *θakjō — to do, put, place.

misqualification (English): The act or process of qualifying wrongly or...

Definitions

  1. The act or process of qualifying wrongly or...

Ancestry of “misqualification”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishqualificationThe act or process of qualifying for a position,...
2Middle Frenchqualification—
3Medieval Latinqualificatioqualification
4LatinqualificoI qualify
5Latin-ficoForms factitive, causative, or other verbs from...
6LatinfacioI do; I make, construct, fashion, frame, build,...
7Proto-Italicfakjōto make
8Proto-Italic*θakjō—
9Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁k-yé-ti—
10Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
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