equivalent
Meaningof equal worth
Common meaning: equal in worth or effect
- equflat, even; matched in size or worthLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 56 · scan
- valhave strength; be of worthLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1953 · scan
- entadjective ending: being or doing
‘flat, even’ + ‘have strength’ → equivalent
Journey through time
Neither part’s path through time is traced in our sources yet; each root is shown from its dictionary entry.
- equ — Latin aequus, -a, -um “flat, even; matched in size or worth” (dictionary form; path not traced)
- val — Latin valeō, valuī “have strength; be of worth” (dictionary form; path not traced)
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin aequus ‘flat, even; matched in size or worth’ + Latin valeō ‘have strength; be of worth’.
Did you know (Latin valere, "have…): our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry valeō, p. 1953 · dictionary scan
Did you know (Latin aequus, even,…): our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry aequus, p. 56 · dictionary scan
Roots
- aequus, -a, -um Latin “flat, even; matched in size or worth”
- valeō, valuī Latin “have strength; be of worth”
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