Etymology of the English word quality
the English word
qualityderived from the Old French word
qualitederived from the Latin word
qualitas (character, nature, essential)
derived from the Latin word
qualis (what kind, sort, condition)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kʷo-derived from the French word
qualitéderived from the Latin word
qualitatioderived from the Latin word
qualis (what kind, sort, condition)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kʷo-Date
The earliest known usage of quality in English dates from the 13th century.
Derivations in English
servqualCognates
Dutch
kwaliteit, French
qualité, German
Qualität, Italian
qualità, Latin
qualitas, Norwegian
kvalitet, Spanish
cualidad, Swedish
kvalitetUsage
Word found in Modern English
