Etymology

disqualification

Today it means: The act of disqualifying, or the state of being disqualified Full definition →

English qualification ← Middle English dis- ← Latin dis-
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Old Frenchdes-
  7. Latindis-
  8. Middle Englishdis-
  9. Englishdis-
  10. Englishqualification
  11. English todaydisqualification

From dis- + qualification.

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