Etymology

equiareal

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Today it means: Of a map, equal-area. Full definition →

English areal ← Latin aequi- ← Old Latin aiquos
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*aikʷos?
  2. Old Latinaiquos
  3. Latinaequus
  4. Latinaequi-
  5. Englishequi-
  6. Englishareal
  7. English todayequiareal

From equi- + areal.

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