Etymology

egal

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Today it means: Equal; impartial. Full definition →

Middle English egal ← Old French egal ← Latin aequālis
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  1. Latin · derived fromaequālis
  2. Old French · derived fromegal
  3. Middle English · inherited fromegal
  4. English todayegal

From Middle English egal, from Old French egal, igal, from Latin aequālis. Doublet of equal and aequalis.

Words from the same roots

Latinaequālis all →

equalaequalisowel

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.