Where does “essiever” come from?

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

essiever (Old French): to check a measurement

Definitions

  1. to check a measurement

Ancestry of “essiever”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinexaequoI equalize; I balance or compensate
2Latinaequōto equalize, make equal to something else, equate
3Latinæquusequal
4Latinvocāre—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →Every word from Latin vocāre →Every word from Latin æquus →