Where does “egalare” come from?

egalare (Romanian) comes from Romanian egala, from French égaler, from French égal, from Old French egal, from Latin aequālis, from Latin æquus, from Latin vocāre, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

egalare (Romanian): equation

Definitions

  1. equation

Ancestry of “egalare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianegalato equal
2Frenchégalerto equal; to equate to
3Frenchégalequal; indifferent, of no importance to
4Old Frenchegal
5Latinaequālisequal, like
6Latinæquusequal
7Latinvocāre
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ-Every word from Latin vocāreEvery word from Latin æquus