equaliser

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *aikʷos?

Old Latin aiquos

Latin aequus

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin aequālisbor.

Middle English equal

English equal

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izōder.

Middle French -iserbor.

Middle English -isen

English -ise

English equalise

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

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Latin -ārius

Old French -ierbor.

Middle English -er

English -er

English equaliser

From equalise + -er.

Noun

equaliser (plural equalisers)

1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of equalizer.
   • 2011 November 12, Phil McNulty, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, in BBC Sport‎^[1], archived from the original on 25 June 2021:

     Spain were provoked into a response and Villa almost provided a swift equaliser when he rounded Hart but found the angle too acute and could only hit the side-netting.

Derived terms

• coequaliser

Anagrams

• squealier

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English equaliser.

Noun

equaliser m (plural equalisers, no diminutive)

1. alternative form of equalizer