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Where does “unæqual” come from?

unæqual (English) comes from English æqual, from English equal, from Latin aequālis, from Latin æquus, from Latin vocāre, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

unæqual (English): Obsolete spelling of unequal

Definitions

  1. Obsolete spelling of unequal

Ancestry of “unæqual”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishæqualObsolete spelling of equal
2EnglishequalThe same in all respects; Exactly identical,...
3Latinaequālis—
4Latinæquus—
5Latinvocāre—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
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