Etymology

owel

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Today it means: equal Full definition →

Old French oel ← French égal ← Latin aequalis
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromaequalis
  2. French · derived fromégal
  3. Old French · derived fromoel
  4. English todayowel

From Old French oel, owel, iwel, ivel, French égal, from Latin aequalis. Doublet of equal.

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchoel all →

ullage

Latinaequalis all →

equalegalaequalis

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.