English
qualification
Qualification comes from Latin qualificō ‘to qualify’, from quālis ‘of what kind, sort, description, nature’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *kʷālis.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kʷālisreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquālis‘of what kind, sort, description, nature’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEqualificōas quālificāre‘to qualify’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500quālificātiō
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600qualification
- Englishearliest quotation 1714qualification
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kʷālisreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquālis‘of what kind, sort, description, nature’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEqualificōas quālificāre‘to qualify’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500quālificātiō
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600qualification
- Englishearliest quotation 1714qualification
Earliest quotation: 1714, Bernard Mandeville: “To shew, that these Qualfications, which we all pretend…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- ‘to grow, nourish’
as, all, old, else, adult, el, element, ultimate, ultra, elder, ellen, alien, alter, outrage, ou, alumni, altitude, altar, alt, adolescent, alpine, abolish, alto, alias, alum, auld, alp, proletariat, altruism, alibi, ulterior, parallax, alimony, coalesce, exalt, foetal, althea, aad, eld, altimeter, 66 more
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂élis
Today it means
noun The act or process of qualifying for a position, achievement etc.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *kʷālis / qualification