Where does “qualificativo” come from?
qualificativo (Italian) comes from Italian qualificare, from Latin quālificō, from Latin -ficō, from Latin -ficus, from Proto-Italic -fakos — -making, -producing.
qualificativo (Italian): qualifying
Definitions
- qualifying
Ancestry of “qualificativo”, step by step
qualificativo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian qualificare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | qualificare | to judge; to define, describe; to qualify |
| 2 | Latin | quālificō | to qualify (invest with a quality) |
| 3 | Latin | -ficō | forms factitive, causative, or other verbs from the roots of nouns and adjectives; -ify |
| 4 | Latin | -ficus | Forms adjectives that denote bringing or making |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -fakos | -making, -producing |
via Portuguese qualificar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | qualificar | to qualify; to modify; to classify |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | qualificare | present active infinitive of quālificō;... |