equality
English
/ɪˈkwɑl.ɪ.ti/, /ɪˈkwɒl.ɪ.ti/
noun
Definitions
- The fact of being equal.
- (mathematics) The fact of being equal, of having the same value.
- The equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French equalité derived from Latin aequalitas, aequālitātem, aequālitās.
Origin
Latin
aequalitas, aequālitātem, aequālitās
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antiequalitarian English
- antiequality English
- coequality English
- disequality English
- equalitarian English
- equalitarianism English
- inequalitarian English
- nonequalitarian English
- nonequality English
- unequality English
- aequalitas, aequālitātem, aequālitās Latin
- égalité French
- igualdad Spanish, Castilian
- igualtat Catalan, Valencian
- equalité Middle French
- ygualdade Old Portuguese
- avualitât Friulian