Where does “igual” come from?
igual (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese [[igual]], [[ygual]], from Latin aequālis, from Latin æquus, from Latin vocāre, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.
igual (Galician): equal; equals sign
Definitions
- equal; equals sign
Ancestry of “igual”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | [[igual]], [[ygual]] | — |
| 2 | Latin | aequālis | equal, like |
| 3 | Latin | æquus | equal |
| 4 | Latin | vocāre | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wekʷ- | to speak, to sound out |