equate

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 267 words | Copyright

equate average XV; make or treat as equal XVII. f. pp. stem of L. æquāre, f. æquus even; see EQUAL and -ATE3.
So equation equal partition XIV; (math.) statement of equality, formula affirming the equivalence of two quantities XVI. — (O)F. or L.

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