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Middle French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin aequālitās, aequālitātem. Doublet with esgalité, which is from the same Latin source, via Old French (an earlier borrowing; cf. the inherited/popular Old French form oelté). See also the modern French égalité, formed from the basis of égal.
Noun
equalité f (plural equalitez)
- equality (state, property of being equal)