Equal, relating to equality, especially in the sense of equal standing or quality; from French legal/political terminology.
From French égal, from Latin aequalis (equal). Used particularly in French revolutionary contexts and inherited into English through political and legal discourse.
The French Revolution's obsession with 'egalité' (from egal) created an entire vocabulary of equality—and revolutionaries literally went to war over whether people could be egal in any meaningful way.
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