Where does “igualar” come from?

igualar (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese igual, from Old Portuguese [[igual]], [[ygual]], from Latin aequālis, from Latin æquus, from Latin vocāre, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

igualar (Portuguese): to match, equal, equalize

Definitions

  1. to match, equal, equalize

Ancestry of “igualar”, step by step

igualar traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese igual

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseigualequal; like; just alike; similarly to; equals...
2Old Portuguese[[igual]], [[ygual]]
3Latinaequālisequal, like
4Latinæquusequal
5Latinvocāre
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out

via Spanish igual

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishigualequal; equals sign; in the same way; just like
2Old Spanishegualequal, same

via Catalan igual

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanigualequal, the same; alike, similar; indifferent

Words derived from “igualar

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ-Every word from Latin vocāreEvery word from Latin æquus
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