Etymology

equivocalness

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Today it means: The state of being equivocal; ambiguity Full definition →

English equivocal ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Late Latin aequivocus
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  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. English todayequivocalness

From equivocal + -ness.

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