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
- A word or expression capable of different...
Ancestry of “equivocal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | aequivocus | equivocal, ambiguous |
| 2 | Latin | -vocus | Forms adjectives that denote meaning |
| 3 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 4 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |
Words derived from “equivocal”