Where does “equivocal” come from?

Equivocal comes from English -al, English aldehyde, Proto-Italic wekos, Proto-Indo-European wekʷ-os, and Proto-Indo-European wekʷ-, ultimately deriving from a root meaning to speak or say.

equivocal (English): A word or expression capable of different...

Definitions

  1. A word or expression capable of different...

Ancestry of “equivocal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinaequivocusequivocal, ambiguous
2Latin-vocusForms adjectives that denote meaning
3Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
4Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
5Proto-Italic-os
6Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “equivocal

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós