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Where does “egal” come from?

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

Ancestry of “egal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinaequālis—
2Latinæquus—
3Latinvocāre—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
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