Question

Knowing that the Latin root -equi- means "equal," choose the best meaning for the word equilateral as it is used in the sentence below.
The box appears to be square, but I would have to measure its sides to prove that it is equilateral.

A. equally distributed.
B. well balanced.
C. having many sides.
D. having equal sides.

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer is D.

Explanation:

Lateral is Latin term which means side. It is mostly used to describe sides of an object, so we can say for example side of the box, side of a car, side of a human body... Since -equi- mean equal and lateral means side, the correct answer is D, the object , or in this case a box whose sides are all equal.

Potentially confusing answer could be C (having more sides). As a synonym for this we would use another Latin prefix  multi- which means many (multilateral)