Where does “equívoco” come from?

equívoco (Portuguese) comes from Latin aequivocus, from Latin -vocus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

equívoco (Portuguese): ambiguous; equivocal; erroneous; mistake; error

Definitions

  1. ambiguous; equivocal; erroneous; mistake; error

Ancestry of “equívoco”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinaequivocusequivocal, ambiguous
2Latin-vocusForms adjectives that denote meaning
3Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
4Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
5Proto-Italic-os—
6Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “equívoco”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →Every word from Latin -us →Every word from Latin -vocus →