equi-

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 207 words | Copyright

equi- repr. æqui-, comb. form of L. æquus EQUAL, used in parasynthetic adjs. for ‘equal(ly)’, as in equidistant, equilateral XVI, equipollent of equal power XV, EQUIVALENT, EQUIVOCAL.

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