Where does “egali” come from?

egali (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto egala, 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.

egali (Esperanto): to equal

Definitions

  1. to equal

Ancestry of “egali”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoegalaequal
2Frenchégalequal; indifferent, of no importance to
3Old Frenchegal
4Latinaequālisequal, like
5Latinæquusequal
6Latinvocāre
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ-Every word from Latin vocāreEvery word from Latin æquus