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Where does “qualitywise” come from?

qualitywise (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.

qualitywise (English): In terms of quality

Definitions

  1. In terms of quality

Ancestry of “qualitywise”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishqualityLevel of excellence; A property or an attribute...
2Old Frenchqualité—
3Latinqualitasquality, property
4Ancient Greekποιότηςquality
5Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
6Ancient Greekπεῖραtrial, experiment, attempt
7Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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