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Where does “æquus” come from?

æquus (Latin) comes from Latin vocāre, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

Ancestry of “æquus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvocāre—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
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