"equality" in seven languages
Meaningequality
Spanish
igualdad
/igwalˈdad/
fem.inherited
Built on inherited igual.
French
égalité
/egalite/
fem.learned
Italian
uguaglianza
/ugwaʎˈʎantsa/
fem.other source · Italian uguale 'equal' (AEQUĀLEM) + the suffix -anza
Portuguese
igualdade
/igwawˈdadʒi/
fem.inherited
Built on inherited igual.
Romanian
egalitate
/egaliˈtate/
fem.borrowed · French égalité
Catalan
igualtat
/igwəlˈtat/
fem.inherited
Built on inherited igual.
English
equality
/ɪˈkwɑləti/
from Latin/French · Old French equalité / Latin
English → ItalianequalityuguaglianzaNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: equal, equality, equation.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
AEQUĀLITĀTEM‘equality, evenness’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Spanish and French follow the -TĀTEM pattern (igualdad, égalité); Italian chose a different suffix, -anza, though uguale itself is the same Latin AEQUĀLIS.
English relatives: equal, equality, equation