Where does “unequality” come from?
unequality (English) comes from English equality, from Middle French equalité, from Latin aequalitas, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
unequality (English): inequality
Definitions
- inequality
Ancestry of “unequality”, step by step
unequality traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English equality
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | equality | The fact of being equal; The fact of being equal,... |
| 2 | Middle French | equalité | equality |
| 3 | Latin | aequalitas | equality, similarity, uniformity; political... |
| 4 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |