equivocal

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 381 words | Copyright

equivocal †nominal only; capable of twofold interpretation XVII; of doubtful genuineness, questionable XVIII. f. late L. æquivocus, f. æqui- EQUI- + vocāre call, name; see -AL1.
So equivocally XVI. after late L. æquivocē. equivocation XIV. — late L. æquivocātiō, -ōn-, f. æquivocāre (whence equivocate XV).

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