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Where does “equite” come from?

equite (Old French) comes from Latin aequitas, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

equite (Old French): equity

Definitions

  1. equity

Ancestry of “equite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinaequitasuniformity, evenness, equalness; equality,...
2Latin-tās—
3Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
4Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
5Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “equite”

  • equitable
  • equitably
  • inequitable
  • inequitably
  • equitability
  • equitableness
  • unequitable
  • inéquitablement
  • équitable
  • inéquitable
  • équitablement
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