Where does “inequitable” come from?
Inequitable comes from French inéquitable, from Latin in- (not) and -abilis (able), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ne (not).
inequitable (English): unfair, unequal or unjust
Definitions
- unfair, unequal or unjust
Ancestry of “inequitable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | inéquitable | unfair; unjust; uneven; unequal |
| 2 | French | équitable | just, equitable, fair |
| 3 | French | équité | equity |
| 4 | Latin | aequitas | uniformity, evenness, equalness; equality,... |
| 5 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |