English
æquison
Æquison comes from Latin aequisonus ‘of equal sound, equal-sounding’, and goes back to Old Latin aiquos.
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEaiquos
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaequus‘equal’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaequisonus‘of equal sound, equal-sounding’
- Englishearliest quotation 1609æquison
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEaiquos
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaequus‘equal’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaequisonus‘of equal sound, equal-sounding’
- Englishearliest quotation 1609æquison
Earliest quotation: 1609, John Dowlan, Andreas Ornithoparcus: His Micrologus: “Æquisons are those notes, which being stroke together, make…”
Linked words
through Proto-Italic *aikʷos
through Old Latin aiquos
equality, inequitable, 12 more
through Latin aequus ‘equal’
equal, equity, equation, egalitarian, equitable, equate, 14 more
Today it means
noun —
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Latin aiquos / æquison