'disqualification' originates from the Latin word 'disqualificare,' where 'dis-' meant 'apart' and 'qualificare' meant 'to make of a certain quality.'

'disqualificare' transformed into the Old French word 'desqualifier,' and eventually became the modern English word 'disqualify' through Middle English.

Initially, it meant 'to make unfit or unsuitable,' but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'to render ineligible or unfit.'