Where does “desigualtat” come from?
desigualtat (Catalan) comes from Catalan desigual, from Catalan igual, from Latin aequālis, from Latin æquus, from Latin vocāre, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.
desigualtat (Catalan): unevenness; inequality
Ancestry of “desigualtat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Catalan | desigual | unequal; uneven |
| 2 | Catalan | igual | equal, the same; alike, similar; indifferent |
| 3 | Latin | aequālis | — |
| 4 | Latin | æquus | — |
| 5 | Latin | vocāre | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wekʷ- | to speak, to sound out |