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Where does “qualificar” come from?

qualificar (Portuguese) comes from Medieval Latin qualificare, from Latin -ficō, from Latin -ficus, from Proto-Italic -fakos — -making, -producing.

qualificar (Portuguese): to qualify; to modify; to classify

Definitions

  1. to qualify; to modify; to classify

Ancestry of “qualificar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinqualificarepresent active infinitive of quālificō;...
2Latin-ficō—
3Latin-ficusForms adjectives that denote bringing or making
4Proto-Italic-fakos-making, -producing

Words derived from “qualificar”

  • desqualificar
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