19/3/22, 20:27 Quality localhost:51235/temp_print_dirs/eXeTempPrintDir_iPBvJs/quality_ENG/ 1/31 Quality Quality In brief CAT Qualitat EUS Kalitate GLG Calidade POR Qualidade SPA C origins From Latin qualitas, qualitatis (‘quality’), quality is in fact a calque of the Greek ποιότης poiótēs. In English, the Online Etymology Dictionary places its French origin around 1300. As for Spanish, the CORDE records the first appearance of this word around 1237, in the Libro de los doce sabios o Tratado de la nobleza y lealtad (Book of the Twelve Wise Men or Treatise on Nobility and Loyalty). other names In Spanish, calidad is often confused with cualidad, which has the same Latin origin. However, calidad incorporates the two main meanings: ‘nature’ and ‘attribute’. In English, quality maintains this original duality.