Etymology

equable

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Today it means: Unvarying, calm and steady; constant and uniform. Full definition →

Latin aequābilis
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  1. Latin · learned borrowing fromaequābilis
  2. English todayequable

Learned borrowing from Latin aequābilis, from aequō (“make level”), from aequus (“even, level”).

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