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Where does “aequipondium” come from?

aequipondium (Latin) comes from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

aequipondium (Latin): counterpoise, counterweight

Definitions

  1. counterpoise, counterweight

Ancestry of “aequipondium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
2Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
3Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
4Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “aequipondium”

  • equipondious
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