Where does “egally” come from?

egally (English) comes from English egal, from Middle English egal, from Old French egal, from Latin aequālis, from Latin æquus, from Latin vocāre, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

egally (English): In a fair and impartial manner

Definitions

  1. In a fair and impartial manner

Ancestry of “egally”, step by step

egally traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English egal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishegalequal; impartial
2Middle Englishegalequal, equivalent
3Old Frenchegal—
4Latinaequālisequal, like
5Latinæquusequal
6Latinvocāre—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out

via English ly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlyAbbreviation of light-year
2VietnameselyAlternative spelling of li
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →Every word from Latin vocāre →Every word from Latin æquus →