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Where does “calificar” come from?

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

calificar (Spanish): to qualify; to grade, to mark; to rate, to score

Definitions

  1. to qualify; to grade, to mark; to rate, to score

Ancestry of “calificar”, 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 “calificar”

  • descalificación
  • descalificar
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