downselect

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English down-

Latin sē-

Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *léǵeti

Proto-Italic *legō

Latin legō

Latin sēlegō

Latin sēlēctuslbor.

English select

English downselect

From down- + select.

Verb

downselect (third-person singular simple present downselects, present participle downselecting, simple past and past participle downselected)

1. to narrow the field of choices, especially, to choose a supplier from candidates under consideration

   We need to check with Quality Assurance before we downselect the test equipment vendor.

See also

• narrow down
• shortlist