Where does “overqualification” come from?
overqualification (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.
overqualification (English): The quality of being overqualified
Definitions
- The quality of being overqualified
Ancestry of “overqualification”, step by step
overqualification traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English qualification
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | qualification | The act or process of qualifying for a position,... |
| 2 | Middle French | qualification | — |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | qualificatio | qualification |
| 4 | Latin | qualifico | I qualify |
| 5 | Latin | -fico | Forms factitive, causative, or other verbs from... |
| 6 | Latin | facio | I do; I make, construct, fashion, frame, build,... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | fakjō | to make |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *θakjō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *dʰh₁k-yé-ti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |
via English over
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | over | Discontinued; ended or concluded; Thoroughly;... |
| 2 | Middle English | over | riverbank, seashore, brink |
| 3 | Old English | ōfer | riverbank, seashore, brink, edge, margin, border |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | obar | over, above |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | uber | over; over, above |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | upér | above; over |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |