Where does “egal” come from?

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

egal (Old Occitan): the same; equal

Definitions

  1. the same; equal

Ancestry of “egal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinaequālisequal, like
2Latinæquusequal
3Latinvocāre—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →Every word from Latin vocāre →Every word from Latin æquus →