Where does “underqualification” come from?

underqualification (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.

underqualification (English): The condition of being underqualified

Definitions

  1. The condition of being underqualified

Ancestry of “underqualification”, step by step

underqualification traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English qualification

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

via English under

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunderIn or at a lower level than; As a subject of;...
2Middle Englishunderunder
3Old Englishunderunder, beneath
4Proto-Germanicunderamong, between; under, beneath; under
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁entérbetween
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁enin; in, inside
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁k-yé-tiEvery word from Proto-Italic *θakjō
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