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Where does “egala” come from?

egala (Esperanto) comes from French égal, from Old French egal, from Latin aequālis, from Latin æquus, from Latin vocāre, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

egala (Esperanto): equal

Definitions

  1. equal

Ancestry of “egala”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchégalequal; indifferent, of no importance to
2Old Frenchegal—
3Latinaequālis—
4Latinæquus—
5Latinvocāre—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out

Words derived from “egala”

  • egalvenki
  • malegaleco
  • egaleco
  • egalvenko
  • neegaleco
  • egala
  • egaleso
  • egaligar
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