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
- Diminutive of igual, exactly the same
Ancestry of “igualito”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | igual | equal; equals sign; in the same way; just like |
| 2 | Old Spanish | egual | equal, same |
| 3 | Latin | aequālis | — |
| 4 | Latin | æquus | — |
| 5 | Latin | vocāre | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wekʷ- | to speak, to sound out |