Where does “descalificator” come from?
descalificator (Romanian) comes from Romanian descalifica, from Romanian califica, from French qualifier, from French qualité, from Latin qualitas, from Ancient Greek ποιότης, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Ancient Greek πεῖρα — passed , crossed.
descalificator (Romanian): disqualifying
Definitions
- disqualifying
Ancestry of “descalificator”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | descalifica | to disqualify |
| 2 | Romanian | califica | to qualify |
| 3 | French | qualifier | to qualify |
| 4 | French | qualité | quality |
| 5 | Latin | qualitas | quality, property |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ποιότης | quality |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πεῖρα | trial, experiment, attempt |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |