Where does “egal” come from?

egal (Serbo-Croatian) comes 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.

egal (Serbo-Croatian): equal, same; equally, same

Definitions

  1. equal, same; equally, same

Ancestry of “egal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchégalequal; indifferent, of no importance to
2Old Frenchegal—
3Latinaequālisequal, like
4Latinæquusequal
5Latinvocāre—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →Every word from Latin vocāre →Every word from Latin æquus →