Where does “igualito” come from?

igualito (Spanish) comes from Spanish igual, from Old Spanish egual, from Latin aequālis, from Latin æquus, from Latin vocāre, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

igualito (Spanish): Diminutive of igual, exactly the same

Definitions

  1. Diminutive of igual, exactly the same

Ancestry of “igualito”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishigualequal; equals sign; in the same way; just like
2Old Spanishegualequal, same
3Latinaequālisequal, like
4Latinæquusequal
5Latinvocāre
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ-Every word from Latin vocāreEvery word from Latin æquus