From Latin 'aequus' (level, even, fair) — fusing the physical concept of a flat surface with the moral concept of fairness.
Being the same in quantity, size, degree, or value; having the same rights, status, or opportunities.
From Latin 'aequālis' (uniform, identical, equal), from 'aequus' (level, even, just, fair), of uncertain deeper origin. Some scholars have proposed a connection to PIE *h₂eykw- (resembling), but this is not universally accepted. The word entered English through Old French 'egal' (modern 'égal') in the late fourteenth century. Latin 'aequus' itself carried
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