Quality
/ˈkwɒl.ɪ.ti/noun
The standard or degree of excellence of something; a characteristic or attribute.
Did you know?“Quality” entered English through Latin *qualitas*, a philosophical term used to classify the nature of things, not just how “good” they were.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*kwo-
“interrogative root meaning “who? what?””
Latin
Latin
qualis
“of what kind; what sort”
Latin
Latin
qualitas
“a quality, property, nature, condition”
14th Century
English
qualite
“a property, nature, or characteristic of a thing”
Modern English
English
quality
“the standard or degree of excellence, or a distinguishing characteristic”