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Where does “inequivalently” come from?

inequivalently (English) comes from English inequivalent, from English equivalent, from English -valent, from English Valence, from French Valence, from Latin Valentia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

inequivalently (English): By means of, or in terms of an inequivalence

Definitions

  1. By means of, or in terms of an inequivalence

Ancestry of “inequivalently”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinequivalentNot equivalent
2EnglishequivalentSimilar or identical in value, meaning or effect;...
3English-valentHaving one or more valences
4EnglishValence—
5FrenchValence—
6LatinValentia—
7Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
8Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
9Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
10Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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