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Where does “egalitär” come from?

egalitär (German) comes from French égalitaire, 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.

egalitär (German): egalitarian

Definitions

  1. egalitarian

Ancestry of “egalitär”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchégalitaireegalitarian
2Frenchégalitéequality; deuce; tie
3Frenchégalequal; indifferent, of no importance to
4Old Frenchegal—
5Latinaequālis—
6Latinæquus—
7Latinvocāre—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
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