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Where does “igualmente” come from?

igualmente (Galician) comes from Galician igual, from Old Portuguese [[igual]], [[ygual]], from Latin aequālis, from Latin æquus, from Latin vocāre, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

igualmente (Galician): equally

Definitions

  1. equally

Ancestry of “igualmente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianigualequal; equals sign
2Old Portuguese[[igual]], [[ygual]]—
3Latinaequālis—
4Latinæquus—
5Latinvocāre—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
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