Where does “equivocality” come from?
equivocality (English) comes from English equivocal, from Latin aequivocus, from Latin -vocus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
equivocality (English): The quality of being equivocal
Definitions
- The quality of being equivocal
Ancestry of “equivocality”, step by step
equivocality traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English equivocal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | equivocal | A word or expression capable of different... |
| 2 | Latin | aequivocus | equivocal, ambiguous |
| 3 | Latin | -vocus | Forms adjectives that denote meaning |
| 4 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 5 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |