English
equitable
Equitable comes from French équitable ‘just, equitable, fair’, from Latin aequitās ‘uniformity, evenness, equalness’, and ultimately from Old Latin aiquos.
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEaiquos
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaequus‘equal, even’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaequitās‘uniformity, evenness, equalness’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentequité‘equity’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentéquitable‘just, equitable, fair’
- Englishearliest quotation 1748equitable
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEaiquos
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaequus‘equal, even’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaequitās‘uniformity, evenness, equalness’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentequité‘equity’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentéquitable‘just, equitable, fair’
- Englishearliest quotation 1748equitable
Earliest quotation: 1748, David Hume, London: Oxford University Press: “I may justly require you to produce that argument;…”
Linked words
through Proto-Italic *aikʷos
through Old Latin aiquos
through Latin aequus ‘equal, even’
Today it means
adj Marked by or having equity.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Latin aiquos / equitable