The story
- Latin · derived fromaequus“equal”
- Late Latin · derived fromaequivocus“ambiguous, equivocal”
- English todayequivoque
From Late Latin aequivocus (“ambiguous, equivocal”), from Latin aequus (“equal”) + vocō (“call”).
Words from the same roots
Late Latinaequivocus all →
equivocationequivocate
Latinaequus all →
equivocationequ-equanimous
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.