Where does “inequalité” come from?
inequalité (Old French) comes from Latin inaequalitas, from Latin inaequālis, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
Ancestry of “inequalité”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | inaequalitas | inequality |
| 2 | Latin | inaequālis | unequal |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 4 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |