Etymograph

English

equivote

From equi- + vote.

Formed from equi- + vote

Old Latin aiquos

Latin aequus ‘equal’

English equi-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁wegʷʰ- ‘to promise, to vow’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁wogʷʰéyeti

Proto-Italic *woɣʷeō ‘to vow’

Latin voveō ‘to vow’

Latin vōtum ‘vow, promise’

English vote

Today it means

noun A hung vote, one having an equal number of votes cast on each side of the question.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / equivote