Where does “equivocate” come from?

equivocate (Italian) comes from Italian equivocare, from Latin aequivocāre.

equivocate (Italian): second-person plural present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. second-person plural present indicative of...

Ancestry of “equivocate”, step by step

equivocate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian equivocare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianequivocareto misunderstand
2Latinaequivocāre—

via Italian equivocato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianequivocatopast participle of equivocare
Every word from Latin aequivocāre →Every word from Italian equivocare →