Etymology

equal

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Today it means: The same in one or more respects. Full definition →

Middle English equal ← Latin aequālis ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*aikʷos?
  2. Old Latinaiquos
  3. Latinaequus
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  6. Latinaequālis
  7. Middle Englishequal
  8. English todayequal

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

Words from the same roots

Latinaequālis all →

egalaequalisowel

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