Where does “qualifier” come from?
qualifier (French) comes from 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.
qualifier (French): to qualify
Definitions
- to qualify
Ancestry of “qualifier”, step by step
qualifier traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French qualité
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | qualité | quality |
| 2 | Latin | qualitas | quality, property |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ποιότης | quality |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πεῖρα | trial, experiment, attempt |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Latin quālificāre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | quālificāre | — |
via Medieval Latin qualificare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | qualificare | present active infinitive of quālificō;... |