Where does “equality” come from?
Equality comes from Middle French equalité, from Latin aequalitas, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European roots -teh₂ and -tós forming abstract nouns of state and condition.
equality (English): The fact of being equal; The fact of being equal,...
Definitions
- The fact of being equal; The fact of being equal,...
Ancestry of “equality”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | equalité | equality |
| 2 | Latin | aequalitas | equality, similarity, uniformity; political... |
| 3 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |