Where does “egwali” come from?

egwali (Maltese) comes from Italian eguale, from Italian uguale, from Latin aequālis, from Latin æquus, from Latin vocāre, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

egwali (Maltese): equal

Definitions

  1. equal

Ancestry of “egwali”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianegualeAlternative form of uguale; equal
2Italianugualeequal, identical, alike, like, same; equal; even;...
3Latinaequālisequal, like
4Latinæquusequal
5Latinvocāre—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →Every word from Latin vocāre →Every word from Latin æquus →