Where does “ugwali” come from?

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

ugwali (Maltese): equal

Definitions

  1. equal

Ancestry of “ugwali”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianugualeequal, identical, alike, like, same; equal; even;...
2Latinaequālisequal, like
3Latinæquusequal
4Latinvocāre
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ-Every word from Latin vocāreEvery word from Latin æquus
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