aequivalentia

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin aequivalēns

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin aequivalentia

From aequivalēns + -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ae̯.kʷɪ.waˈɫɛn.ti.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [e.kʷi.vaˈlɛn.t͡si.a]

Noun

aequivalentia f (genitive aequivalentiae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) equal force or value, equivalence

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	aequivalentia	aequivalentiae
genitive	aequivalentiae	aequivalentiārum
dative	aequivalentiae	aequivalentiīs
accusative	aequivalentiam	aequivalentiās
ablative	aequivalentiā	aequivalentiīs
vocative	aequivalentia	aequivalentiae

Descendants

• English: equivalence
• French: équivalence
• Italian: equivalenza
• Portuguese: equivalência
• Romanian: echivalență
• Spanish: equivalencia

References

• "aequivalentia", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)