Where does “unqualified” come from?

Unqualified derives from English qualify, from Latin quālificāre (to make of a certain quality), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂ent- (to be or exist).

unqualified (English): Not qualified, ineligible, unfit for a position...

Definitions

  1. Not qualified, ineligible, unfit for a position...

Ancestry of “unqualified”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishUn-not
2Middle Englishun-—
3Old Englishun-negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms...
4Proto-West Germanicun-not, un-
5Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
6Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
7Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

Words derived from “unqualified”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from English Un- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥- →