## Examples
- Even under pressure, she kept her equable manner and never raised her voice.
- The island enjoys an equable climate, with warm days all year round.

## Synonyms
- steady
- uniform
- unvarying

## Derived Forms
- equability
- equableness
- equably
- inequable
- unequable

## Related Forms
- equabile

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: aequābilis

## Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin aequābilis, from aequō (“make level”), from aequus (“even, level”).

## AI Etymology
Equable is a learned borrowing from Latin aequābilis, from aequō (“make level”), from aequus (“even, level”). In present-day use, it can mean calm and not easily upset, or steady and free from extreme changes, especially of weather. Derived formations include equability, equableness, equably, inequable, and unequable.

## Topics
- Weather & Climate
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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