Etymology

aequalis

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Today it means: The case conveying an equality with another noun, equivalent to “like” or “as” in English. This case is used in some languages like Inuktitut. Full definition →

Latin aequālis
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The story

  1. Latin · learned borrowing fromaequālis“equal”
  2. English todayaequalis

Learned borrowing from Latin aequālis (“equal”). Doublet of equal and egal.

Words from the same roots

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equalegalowel

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