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Where does “calificación” come from?

calificación (Spanish) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

calificación (Spanish): rating, grade, mark, score; qualification

Definitions

  1. rating, grade, mark, score; qualification

Ancestry of “calificación”, step by step

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