Where does “equità” come from?
equità (Italian) comes from Latin aequitas, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
equità (Italian): equity, fairness
Definitions
- equity, fairness
Ancestry of “equità”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | aequitas | uniformity, evenness, equalness; equality,... |
| 2 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |