Etymology

equivocally

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Today it means: With ambiguity; with uncertainty. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English equivocal
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*aikʷos?
  2. Old Latinaiquos
  3. Latinaequus
  4. Proto-Indo-European*wekʷ-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*wokʷ-
  6. Latinvocō
  7. Late Latinaequivocus
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  10. Englishequivocal
  11. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  12. Proto-Germanic*līką
  13. English todayequivocally

From equivocal + -ly.

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