Where does “egaal” come from?

egaal (Dutch) comes from French égal, from Old French egal, from Latin aequālis, from Latin æquus, from Latin vocāre, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

egaal (Dutch): equal

Definitions

  1. equal

Ancestry of “egaal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchégalequal; indifferent, of no importance to
2Old Frenchegal
3Latinaequālisequal, like
4Latinæquusequal
5Latinvocāre
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ-Every word from Latin vocāreEvery word from Latin æquus