Where does “egal” come from?

egal (Middle English) comes from Old French egal, from Latin aequālis, from Latin æquus, from Latin vocāre, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

egal (Middle English): equal, equivalent

Definitions

  1. equal, equivalent

Ancestry of “egal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchegal—
2Latinaequālisequal, like
3Latinæquusequal
4Latinvocāre—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out

Words derived from “egal”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →Every word from Latin vocāre →Every word from Latin æquus →