equality的词源

英文词源

equality (n.)

late 14c., "evenness, smoothness, uniformity;" c. 1400, in reference to amount or number, from Old French equalité "equality, parity" (Modern French égalité, which form dates from 17c.), from Latin aequalitatem (nominative aequalitas) "equality, similarity, likeness" (also sometimes with reference to civil rights), from aequalis "uniform, identical, equal" (see equal (adj.)). Early 15c. as "state of being equal." Of privileges, rights, etc., in English from 1520s.

中文词源

equality：均等

来自equal, 平等的。

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equality：相等，平等

词根词缀： -equ-均,等 + -al形容词词尾 + -ity名词词尾