Where does “ekwatoriaal” come from?
ekwatoriaal (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch equatoriaal, from French équatorial, from Latin aequatorialis, from Latin aequātor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
ekwatoriaal (Afrikaans): equatorial
Definitions
- equatorial
Ancestry of “ekwatoriaal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | equatoriaal | equatorial |
| 2 | French | équatorial | equatorial |
| 3 | Latin | aequatorialis | equatorial |
| 4 | Latin | aequātor | coin inspector or assayer |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |