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Where does “qualification” come from?

qualification (French) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁k-yé-ti — to do, put, place.

qualification (French): qualification

Definitions

  1. qualification

Ancestry of “qualification”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchqualification—
2Medieval Latinqualificatioqualification
3LatinqualificoI qualify
4Latin-ficoForms factitive, causative, or other verbs from...
5LatinfacioI do; I make, construct, fashion, frame, build,...
6Proto-Italicfakjōto make
7Proto-Italic*θakjō—
8Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁k-yé-ti—
9Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “qualification”

  • requalification
  • préqualification
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →