Where does “égalitaire” come from?

égalitaire (French) comes from French égalité, 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.

égalitaire (French): egalitarian

Definitions

  1. egalitarian

Ancestry of “égalitaire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchégalitéequality; deuce; tie
2Frenchégalequal; indifferent, of no importance to
3Old Frenchegal—
4Latinaequālisequal, like
5Latinæquusequal
6Latinvocāre—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out

Words derived from “égalitaire”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →Every word from Latin vocāre →Every word from Latin æquus →