Where does “nonquality” come from?
nonquality (English) comes from English quality, from Old French qualité, from Latin qualitas, from Ancient Greek ποιότης, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Ancient Greek πεῖρα, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
nonquality (English): Lack of quality; inferiority
Definitions
- Lack of quality; inferiority
Ancestry of “nonquality”, step by step
nonquality traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English quality
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | quality | Level of excellence; A property or an attribute... |
| 2 | Old French | qualité | — |
| 3 | Latin | qualitas | quality, property |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ποιότης | quality |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πεῖρα | trial, experiment, attempt |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |